UAE minister condemns ‘terrorist crime’ after bombing in Aden

This content was originally posted in 7DAYS UAE website at: UAE minister condemns ‘terrorist crime’ after bombing in Aden The governor of Yemen’s southern Aden province and six of his bodyguards were killed in a bomb attack that has been condemned by the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Extremists from a local Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) affiliate claimed responsibility for the explosion. Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash said: “Such crimes won’t effect our effort to establish stability and security to Yemen. “UAE and Arab coalition forces, led by Saudi Arabia, will accomplish their target. Those terrorist crimes won’t work in front of the solid will of Yemenis and Arab coalition countries.” Governor Gaafar Mohamed Saad was travelling to his office when the explosion struck his convoy in the southern port city. Authorities are investigating the exact cause of the explosion, but in an online statement ISIL said the bomb was concealed in a parked car along the convoy’s route. The extremist group has claimed a series of bombings that have killed 159 people and wounded 345 this year in Yemen, according to a count by the Associated Press. On Saturday, masked gunmen in Aden killed a military intelligence official and a judge known for sentencing Al Qaeda militants. No one has so far claimed those attacks. Read the original story at: UAE minister condemns ‘terrorist crime’ after bombing in Aden