A roadside bomb targeting a senior officer in the government-aligned forces in Yemen’s Aden on Tuesday killed two civilians and wounded six others.
The high ranking officer in the forces of Aden security was targeted by the bomb placed near a checkpoint on the road between Enma city and Al-Buraika in Aden, Lt. Abdulrahman Al-Naqeeb, the spokesperson of Aden police, told the National. Previous reports had indicated that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, however, Lt Al-Naqeeb discounted this.
“An explosive device blew up [next to] the car of Maj Mohammed Mothana Al Sumaidi Abu Muhtam, the commander of the fourth group in Aden security while he was heading to a meeting in the central command of the Arab Coalition forces in Al-Buriaka in Aden", Lt. Al-Naqeeb said.
“A motorist and a woman were killed in the explosion as they were standing near the car when the bomb was detonated. Two soldiers of the officer guards were injured", he added. One of the soldiers killed was driving Maj al Sumaidi Abu Muhtam's car while four passengers including the commander were wounded. Two other civilians were wounded.
The security official was injured in the blast and he wasn’t killed in the explosion as his vehicle is armoured. Images of the aftermath show a reinforced white SUV type car with large dents in the side and black blast marks along the side. However, the windows and doors of the car are not broken through.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the southern city.
Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has flourished in the chaos of the civil war, especially in the south of the country.
Ten suspected Al-Qaeda jihadists and two soldiers fighting for Yemen's government were killed last week in southern Yemen, in clashes and a drone strike, local officials and security sources said Sunday.
Hidden killer
Sepsis arises when the body tries to fight an infection but damages its own tissue and organs in the process.
The World Health Organisation estimates it affects about 30 million people each year and that about six million die.
Of those about three million are newborns and 1.2 are young children.
Patients with septic shock must often have limbs amputated if clots in their limbs prevent blood flow, causing the limbs to die.
Campaigners say the condition is often diagnosed far too late by medical professionals and that many patients wait too long to seek treatment, confusing the symptoms with flu.
German intelligence warnings
- 2002: "Hezbollah supporters feared becoming a target of security services because of the effects of [9/11] ... discussions on Hezbollah policy moved from mosques into smaller circles in private homes." Supporters in Germany: 800
- 2013: "Financial and logistical support from Germany for Hezbollah in Lebanon supports the armed struggle against Israel ... Hezbollah supporters in Germany hold back from actions that would gain publicity." Supporters in Germany: 950
- 2023: "It must be reckoned with that Hezbollah will continue to plan terrorist actions outside the Middle East against Israel or Israeli interests." Supporters in Germany: 1,250
Source: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
2018 ICC World Twenty20 Asian Western Regional Qualifier
The top three teams progress to the Asia Qualifier
Final: UAE beat Qatar by nine wickets
Third-place play-off: Kuwait beat Saudi Arabia by five runs
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The biog
DOB: March 13, 1987
Place of birth: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia but lived in Virginia in the US and raised in Lebanon
School: ACS in Lebanon
University: BSA in Graphic Design at the American University of Beirut
MSA in Design Entrepreneurship at the School of Visual Arts in New York City
Nationality: Lebanese
Status: Single
Favourite thing to do: I really enjoy cycling, I was a participant in Cycling for Gaza for the second time this year
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The biog
Name: Gul Raziq
From: Charsadda, Pakistan
Family: Wife and six children
Favourite holes at Al Ghazal: 15 and 8
Golf Handicap: 6
Childhood sport: cricket
