20 die in attack on Aden airport moments after new Yemen cabinet lands By MOHAMMED MUKHASHAF, Reuters
Updated December 31, 2020 12:28am ADEN, Yemen At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden s Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, as well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, had been taken to safely, residents and local media said. In the airport attack, loud blasts and gunfire were heard shortly after the plane arrived from Riyadh, witnesses said. A local security source said three mortar shells had landed on the airport s hall.
Print this page CAIRO - A rocket attack on Aden airport, controlled by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has left at least 22 people dead and 50 wounded, according to the government health ministry.
Saudi-owned al Arabiya TV showed video of rockets landing near the terminal as newly appointed government ministers were disembarking. Most of the casualties were reportedly inside the terminal.
Amateur video showed a crater alongside the terminal, where one of the rockets hit. Many windows and metal frames appeared to have been blown out. A van parked outside also appeared to have broken windows.
Information Minister Muammar al Eryani accused the Iranian-backed Houthi militia group, which controls the capital Sanaa, of launching the attack. The Houthis have denied responsibility.
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ADEN (Reuters) -At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday, moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen.
Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said all members of the cabinet were “fine”. But the attack underlined the difficulties facing a government intended by Saudi Arabia to unite two of its allies in the war against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.
Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden’s Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Maeen, as well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Mohammad Said al-Jaber, had been taken to safety, residents and local media said.
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Cabinet members - whose plane just landed - not hurt
Blasts and gunfire were heard at Aden airport yesterday, 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 landed on the airport s hall. PHOTO: REUTERS
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