An official from Medecins Sans Frontieres said at least 60 others were brought into a nearby hospital run by the medical charity in Aden’s Mansoura district.
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Over 60 people were said to have died in a deadly suicide bombing attack on a military facility in Aden, the southern city of Yemen, middle-east, doctors reported.
Pro-government Yemeni militia gather at the site of a auto bomb attack in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen July 31, 2016.
The pro-government troops were preparing to depart to fight in northern Yemen on the border with Saudi Arabia.(ANSAmed).
Aden is the temporary base of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which has been battling Iran-backed Houthi rebels as well as extremists across the country for more than a year.
NEWS BRIEF A suicide bomber killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens of others Monday in Aden, Yemen.
Aden has experienced a wave of bombings and shootings targeting officials and security forces.
In May, a suicide bomber killed at least 40 army recruits and injured 60 others when he rammed a booby-trapped vehicle at recruits lined up to enlist for military service at a compound in Aden. The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility.
The Saudi-led troops have been carrying out air attacks in Yemen since March a year ago in support of the internationally recognised administration of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. Add to this mix the Islamic State.
Earlier this month, government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition entered Abyan’s provincial capital of Zinjibar.
An estimated 9,000 people have been killed in the fighting over the last 18 months with some 3 million people displaced, according ot the the United Nations and aid groups.
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The latest hostilities come amid ongoing failed attempts to launch peace talks in Yemen.
