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At least 14 dead in attack on Yemen counter-terrorism base

SANAA, At least 14 people were killed and 40 wounded when Islamist car suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm the headquarters of a counter-terrorism unit in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, security and medical sources said.

 

Islamic State, in a statement carried by its Amaq news agency, claimed responsibility for what it described as two "martyrdom operations" targeting the camp in Tawahi district in south-western Aden.

 

The agency provided no immediate evidence for the claim.

 

Security sources said two suicide bombers detonated two cars laden with explosives at the camp's entrance while six gunmen tried to storm the facility.

 

They were all killed by guards and their bodies taken to a military hospital, a medical source told Reuters.

 

Aden police said in a statement on its Facebook page that security forces had foiled a major attack on the camp.

 

"All the ... terrorists were liquidated immediately before they could reach the outer gate of the anti-terrorism headquarters," a police statement said.

 

Security sources and medics said three security men, a woman and two children died in the attack, while 40 other people, many of them civilians, were wounded.

 


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