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Blasts and gunfire at Yemen s Aden airport as new unity govt arrives
France 24 30/12/2020 NEWS WIRES © Saleh Al-Obeidi, AFP
Loud blasts and gunfire were heard at Aden s airport shortly after a plane carrying the newly-formed Yemeni government arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, witnesses said.
The cabinet members, including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, were transferred safely to the city s presidential palace, the witnesses and Saudi media said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
(REUTERS)
Saudi-arabiaYemenYemeniSaudiSaleh-al-obeidiMaeen-abdulmalikPrime-minister-maeen-abdulmalikசவுதி-அரேபியாயேமன்சவுதிMilitary and security forces sealed off the area around the the palace. It would have been a disaster if the plane was bombed, al-Awg said, insisting the plane was the target of the attack as it was supposed to land earlier.
Saeed tweeted that he and his cabinet were safe and unhurt. He called the explosions a cowardly terrorist act that was part of the war on the Yemeni state and our great people.
People run following an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed cabinet landed on Wednesday.(The Associated Press)
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