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Yemen conflict: IS suicide attack kills 31 police recruits | |
(about 13 hours later) | |
A suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group has killed at least 31 police recruits in southern Yemen. | |
Officials say the militant detonated his explosives outside a police base in the port of Mukalla, killing recruits as they queued up outside the building. | |
IS'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 two million people since 2011. | |
Hospitals in Mukalla, capital of Hadramawt province, said they were treating at least 60 people wounded in the attack. | |
A year that has set Yemen back decades | A year that has set Yemen back decades |
Practising medicine under fire in Yemen | Practising medicine under fire in Yemen |
A young girl and a city struggling for life | A young girl and a city struggling for life |
Profile: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | Profile: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula |
Reports said the bomber had joined a queue of men lining up at the police recruitment centre before detonating his explosives belt. | |
A statement from IS said the bomber had been targeting "apostates of the security forces". | |
The bombing is the second such attack in Mukalla claimed by IS militants since AQAP's withdrawal from the city. | |
The group claimed a suicide car bomb attack that killed 15 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. | 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. |