By Mohammed al-kibsi
An al-Qaeda suicide bomber killed at least 55 civilians at a
funeral in Ja’ar town of Abyan province, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Other sources confirmed that over 95 were killed and injured
among them 55 were killed.
The al-Qaida suicide bomber detonated the explosives around
his waist among funeral guests in Ja’ar town in Abyan province late on Saturday
night, the country's Defense Ministry said in a brief statement posted on its
website.
"Latest
reports coming from Abyan province indicate that at least 46 people were killed
and about 48 others were wounded, some of them in critical conditions,"
the statement said.
A local pro-government tribal chief is among those killed in
the funeral attended by other anti-al-Qaeda militiamen and social figures, the
statement added.
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in an
emailed statement obtained by Xinhua on Sunday. "One of our holly warriors
carried out a successful jihadist operation on a compound in Jaar town,"
the statement said without giving more details.
It also threatened to launch further attacks on security
officials and military bases across the country.
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