5 killed and many injured in an attack on Yemen Airport

0
71

30th December 2020: An attack on Yemen airport kills 5 and injures many.

Baaghi TV: At least five people were killed and dozens got injured in an attack on Aden airport in Yemen on Wednesday.

A security source told Reuters that the attack occurred shortly after a plane carrying a newly formed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen arrived from Saudi Arabia. A local security source said three mortar shells had landed on the airport’s hall.

Witnesses reported of loud blasts and gunfire which were heard at the airport shortly after the plane arrived.

According to Saudi media reports, the cabinet members including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, as well as Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Said al-Jaber, were transferred safely to the city’s presidential palace.

“We and the members of the government are in the temporary capital of Aden and everyone is fine,” Maeen tweeted from Maasheq palace. “The cowardly terrorist act that targeted Aden airport is part of the war that is being waged against the Yemeni state and its great people.”.

Live TV footage from Saudi Al Arabiya channel showed dozens of people leaving the aeroplane when a first blast hit the airport’s hall. Heavy gunfire from armoured vehicles followed with plumes of white and black smoke rising from the scene.

Another video has shown damage to the terminal’s concrete walls and smashed glass.

The southern port city of Aden has been mired in violence because of a rift between the separatists and Hadi’s government, based there after being driven from the capital by the Houthis in 2014.

Earlier this year, the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC), which seeks independence for south Yemen, declared self-rule in Aden, triggering clashes and complicating UN efforts to forge a permanent ceasefire in the overall conflict.

Earlier this month, the Saudi-led coalition announced the new power-sharing cabinet that would include the separatists.

The cabinet landed from Riyadh where both parties negotiated for more than a year with Saudi mediation.

Stay tuned to Baaghi TV to read all the latest news and updates!

 

Leave a reply