ADEN, Oct 23 (NNN-YPA) – An explosion yesterday, struck an ambulance, carrying a medic team of the southern pro-government Yemeni forces, in southern Abyan province, killing five medics on board, a security official said.
“A remotely detonated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck an ambulance, carrying a military medical team of the southern troops, while passing through a main road in the Al Mahfid district of Abyan,” the security official said, on condition of anonymity, adding that, the blast also destroyed the ambulance.
Homemade bombs were heavily laid by terrorist elements through various roads and areas, in an attempt to impede and abort the progress of the pro-government military campaign, aimed at tracking down terrorists in Abyan, he noted.
No group has claimed responsibility for bombing the military medical team yet. Yemeni military and government officials often hold the Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch responsible.
In Sept, forces loyal to the Yemeni government evicted scores of al-Qaeda militants from Abyan, following days of armed confrontations.
The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula network, has exploited years of deadly conflict between the Yemeni government and Houthi militia, to expand its presence in the war-ravaged Arab country. It has carried out many high-profile attacks against the security forces in the country’s southern provinces.
