On the morning of August 29, 2016, the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
conducted a powerful car
suicide bombing on an army camp in
Aden,
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
, killing 72 and wounding 67. The attack took place as new military recruits were signing up in a local government school. Despite
Al-Qaeda's large presence in the area, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant were the only ones to claim responsibility for the bombing.
ISIS claimed responsibility and referred to the bombing as a "martyrdom operation".
Incident
On 29 August 2016, recruits at an army training camp had queued in line for breakfast, which was brought into the compound by a truck. According to military sources, the recruitment was for the Yemeni and
Saudi Arabian
Saudis ( ar, سعوديون, Suʿūdiyyūn) are people identified with the country of Saudi Arabia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. The Saudis are composed mainly of Arabs and primarily speak a regional dialect ...
led coalition army, fighting the
Huthi rebels at the northern border with Saudi Arabia.
The suicide bomber, a suspected member of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
, entered the compound behind this truck. He then drove his vehicle into the gathering of people, blowing himself up in a suicide
car bomb attack and killing himself.
The blast also caused a roof to collapse, burying recruits beneath it.
See also
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List of terrorist incidents, 2016
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Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
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, partof = the Yemeni Crisis, Arab Winter, War on terror, and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
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23 May 2016 Yemen bombings
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June 2016 Mukalla attacks
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May 2016 Yemen police bombings
References
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Terrorist incidents in Yemen in 2016
Mass murder in 2016
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