A suicide bomber driving a minibus full of explosives killed at least 30 people on Wednesday morning as cadets gathered near a police training centre in Yemen’s capital.
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A Yemeni police investigator collects pictures of cadets killed in a car bombing outside a police academy in Sanaa on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. A suicide bomber driving a minibus full of explosives killed dozens. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo -
The attack took place in front of the building ahead of a police recruitment event, security sources said. Mohammed Huwais / AFP Photo -
At the scene of the blast, the dead and wounded lay on a pavement against a wall. Water sprayed by firefighters to extinguish the blaze mixed with their pooled blood. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo -
A charred taxi cab smoked near what remained of the minibus, metres from a gate for the training centre. Mohammed Huwais / AFP Photo -
A police investigator collects evidence from the wreckage. The bomber “exploded right next to all of the police college classmates,” witness Jamil Al Khaleedi said. “It went off among all of them, and they flew through the air.” Hani Mohammed / AP Photo -
The blast came days after a bomb wounded six Shiite militiamen in Sanaa on Monday, while four people including a reporter were killed on Sunday in the mainly Shiite city of Dhamar. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters -
Yemen has been dogged by instability since an uprising forced Ali Abdullah Saleh from power in 2012, with Shiite rebels and Al Qaeda seeking to fill the power vacuum. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
Dozens killed in Yemen bomb blast - in pictures
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