Wednesday, 30 December, 2020 - 11:30 Riyadh - Abdulhadi Habtor and Asharq Al-Awsat
Three blasts caused by mortar shells rocked Yemen’s Aden Airport shortly after a plane carrying the new government landed on Wednesday.
The mortar attack killed and wounded several people who were waiting for the new cabinet members to come out of the plane.
Local Yemeni sources have reported that the ministers were unharmed. Initial reports also said that gunfire was heard at the time of the blast.
Yemen’s new power-sharing government, headed by Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, arrived in the interim capital, Aden, after having been sworn in by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in Riyadh on Saturday.
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Twenty-six people were killed when blasts tore through Aden airport on Wednesday as a plane carrying the country’s new unity government arrived at Yemen s temporary capital.
At least two explosions were heard as Cabinet members were leaving the aircraft for their first meeting.
The attack was condemned by regional and world leaders who called it cowardly . For now we can confirm that 22 people have been killed and between 60 to 70 people were injured in the blasts, Yemen s government spokesman, Rajeh Badi, told
The National.
No group claimed responsibility immediately after the attack.
As smoke billowed out of the airport terminal from an initial blast, with debris strewn across the area and people rushing to tend to the wounded, a second explosion took place.
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At least 22 killed in attack on Yemen s Aden airport after new government arrives
Several explosions hit Yemen s Aden airport as the newly formed.
Posted: Dec 30, 2020 9:34 AM
Updated: Dec 30, 2020 1:30 PM
Posted By: CNN
Several explosions hit Yemen s Aden airport as the newly formed power-sharing government arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
The blasts killed at least 22 people and injured scores more, Rajeh Badi, the spokesman for the new government, told CNN. All the Cabinet members are safe, according to Yemen Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek.
It is unclear if the explosions were caused by missiles fired on the airport. Badi told CNN that the investigations have not been concluded yet.