Aden car bomb kills at least five
ADEN, OCT 10 (REUTERS)A car bomb targeting the governor’s convoy shook Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least five people, security and local government sources said.
Governor Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-suqatri, both members of a southern separatist group, survived a “terrorist assassination attempt”, the state news agency said.
Killed in the attack were: The governor’s press secretary and his photographer, the head of his security detail and a fourth companion as well as a civilian bystander, a local government source said, adding that at least 10 others were injured.
Lamlas is secretary general of the STC, which has vied with the Saudi-backed government for control of Aden and Yemen’s wider south. STC has also seen infighting among its ranks.
here was no immediate claim of responsibility. STC spokesman Ali Al-kathiri in a statement blamed Islamist militant groups.