50 killed in bombing attack in Yemen

At least 50 people were killed and dozens of others wounded early Wednesday when a car bomb went off outside the police academy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, security officials and medics said.

Hundreds of soldiers from the interior ministry were lining up in a long queue, waiting to be enlisted in the academy, at about 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) when the car bomb exploded, security officials said, adding that at least 50 people were killed at the scene.

Witnesses told Xinhua that a mini bus were driving very fast on the street alongside the wall of the police academy in central Sanaa before it exploded at the academy's main gate. The explosion could be heard across the city. Gunshots were also heard in the area after the explosion.

"The explosion occurred at about 7:00 a.m. in the morning. A bus come to the gate of the academy and a man blew it up here. More than 50 people were killed in attack," a cadet of the police academy Nabil Ali said.

Ambulances were crowded and police forces cordoned off the whole area where dozens of bodies were scattered.

Medics said about 100 people had been sent to three hospitals near the police academy, many of them in critical condition. The death toll could rise in hours.

This is the most deadly attack in Sanaa since Oct. 9, 2014, when an al-Qaida suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of the Shiite Houthi group, killing at least 47 people.

On June 11, 2012, an al-Qaida suicide bomber attacked this police academy, killing at least 21 people.

Security situation in the impoverished Arab country has been worsened since the Shiite militia controlled Sanaa on Sept. 21, 2014 by force.

The Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), known locally as Ansar al-Sharia, has conducted recently several bomb attacks against the Houthi group, government and army, killing scores of people.

On Monday, An explosive device went off at an office of the Shiite Houthi group in western Sanaa, wounding two people and damaging nearby houses.

On Sunday, a bomb attack targeted Houthi local headquarters in Dhamar province, some 100 km south of the Yemeni capital, killing four people and injuring 25 others.

Last week, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite Houthi religious ceremony in the southern province of Ibb, killing 33 Houthi followers and injuring dozens.

On Dec. 16, a car bombing attack against a Houthi office in the province of al-Bayda killed 40 people including 20 children. Two days later, a suicide car bombing attack in the western port city of al-Hodayda, left 18 dead, most of whom are Houthi followers.

Fierce fighting between the group and the AQAP in the central and southern regions has forced hundreds of people to flee to neighboring provinces.

So far, the Houthi group has clashed with the AQAP several times in the provinces of Marib, al-Bayda, Ibb and Hadramout, leaving dozens dead from both sides.

Yemen, an impoverished Arab country, has been gripped by regional al-Qaida insurgency since 2009. Terrorist groups, mainly based in southern and eastern provinces, have launched frequent suicide attacks on the Shiite Houthi militia, army and security targets, leaving hundreds of people dead.

A police investigator looks at a damaged car at the scene of a car bomb outside the police college in Sanaa January 7, 2015.[Photo/China Daily via agencies]

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