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| Yemen conflict: IS suicide attack kills 25 police recruits | |
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| A suicide attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State group has killed at least 25 people in southern Yemen. | A suicide attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State group has killed at least 25 people in southern Yemen. |
| Officials say the bomber detonated his explosives outside a police base in the port city of Mukalla, killing recruits as they queued up outside the building. | Officials say the bomber detonated his explosives outside a police base in the port city of Mukalla, killing recruits as they queued up outside the building. |
| Islamic State's jihadist rival, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was forced out of Mukalla last month by a Saudi-led military coalition. | Islamic State's jihadist rival, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was forced out of Mukalla last month by a Saudi-led military coalition. |
| The conflict in Yemen has displaced 2m people since 2011. | |
| Hospitals in Mukalla were also treating at least 25 people wounded in the attack, reports said. | |
| A year that has set Yemen back decades | |
| Practising medicine under fire in Yemen | |
| A young girl and a city struggling for life | |
| Profile: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | |
| The bombing is the second such attack in Mukalla claimed by so-called Islamic State (IS) since AQAP's withdrawal from the city. | |
| The group claimed a suicide car bomb attack on soldiers last week. | |
| The port city of 500,000 people had been held for more than a year by AQAP, which has taken advantage of Yemen's civil war to seize territory, weapons and money. |