Many Dead in attack in Yemen

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Many Dead in attack in Yemen

The Holy Muslim month of Ramadan comes to an end – and with it, a bloody series of Islamist attacks. After an attack on a military base in Yemen, the list of terrorist victims is getting longer.

In a suicide attack in the South of the civil war, the country of Yemen, at least six soldiers have been killed. The attack had not been a military base in the vicinity of the international airport of Aden, said security sources. Because, Shiite Houthi rebels control the capital Sanaa, Yemen’s government is currently in the port city.

Such as safety forces, approached, initially, two explosives-Laden cars to the military base. After the explosions, armed attackers tried to storm the base, it said. The news Agency Reuters reported that in the Fight between assassins and soldiers also 20 attackers had been killed.

Jihadists on the rise

So far no-one has to be the assassination are known. Security forces suspect the terrorist network Al-Qaeda behind the attack. In the past, fighters of the jihadists militia “Islamic state” (IS) repeated attacks on security forces in Yemen.

In the past year by Islamist militants in the impoverished Arab country have gained more and more ground. Both Al-Qaeda and the rival IS taking advantage of the Chaos in the aftermath of the civil war between the government troops and Houthi rebels. The radical Islamic groups consider both the Yemeni parties to the conflict than their enemies, will compete for recruits.

The scene of the assassination: A military base in the vicinity of Aden

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Since supporters of the Yemeni government managed to recapture the port city of Aden in the last summer of the Huthis, the province is increasingly the scene of attacks. In the fight against the Shiite rebels, the forces of the internationally recognized President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi from air attacks, a Saudi Arabia-led coalition to be supported.

The attack in Yemen, coincides with the Muslim Eid, the marks for millions of believers around the world, the end of Ramadan. In the past few days overshadowed the jihadist attacks, with numerous fatalities, the month of fasting. The alleged IS-bombings in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bangladesh and the
Iraq requested a total of nearly 350 victims. With at least 250 dead and as many injured in the attack in Baghdad was one of the most devastating attacks of the “Islamic state”.

nin/kle (dpa, ape, rtr, afp)