On 6 December 2015, a car bomb attack killed
Aden
Aden () is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of ...
governor,
Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, and his entourage. Saad's caravan was traveling to his office in a western district of Aden.
The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied signi ...
Yemen branch claimed responsibility for the car bomb.
They described Saad as an oppressor and infidel and threatened further attacks in Yemen. The group stated that they detonated the bomb as Saad's convoy passed where the car was parked.
The explosion was powerful and was heard from 10 km away.
Six bodyguards of Saad were killed and several people injured. Medics stated the victims bodies were unrecognizable. Photographs, supposedly of the attack, showed a burning, wrecked car.
The Islamic State released a video under Aden-Abyan Province media, which the bombing was part of it.
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Video of Car bombing of Aden governor
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Aden in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
Car and truck bombings in Yemen
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Car and truck bombings in 2015
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Murder in Aden
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