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Aden, Yemen (JEN): At least four people have been killed as an explosion targeting the convoy of Aden's governor shook the southern port city of Yemen on Sunday, local media reported citing security and military sources.
Yemen's state news agency reported that Aden Governor Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-Suqatri, both are the members of the southern separatist group, had survived a "terrorist assassination attempt" in al-Tawahi district.
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Media sources stated that 4 were killed and several wounded in the explosion that targeted prominent officials in the capital, Aden#Aden #Yemen pic.twitter.com/rbcl5UMxVp
Ahmed Lamlas is the secretary-general of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), and the al-Tawahi district, where the blast was triggered today. It houses the STC headquarters.
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— ياسر الياÙعي (@yaseralyafai) October 10, 2021
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At least four soldiers in the convoy were killed, and five others, including three civilians, one of them a child, were seriously injured in the attack, local media reported quoting security sources and a military spokesman of the speratist Southern Transitional Council (STC).
🚨🇾🇪Urgent: 2 killed in a car Bomb explosion targeting governor of Aden, #Yemen. pic.twitter.com/lt6tucLrBK
— Terror Alarm (@terror_alarm) October 10, 2021
The government and the sepratist STC are nominal allies under a coalition led by Saudi Arabia which has been battling the Iran-backed Houthi movement.