14 soldiers dead in Aden bombing claimed by ISIS

Yemeni conscripts leave after a suicide bomber killed at least 14 soldiers at the Ras Abbas military camp in Aden on Wednesday. — AFP

A suicide bomber killed at least 14 soldiers in Aden on Wednesday, in the latest attack on Yemen’s second city claimed by ISIS jihadists.

The southern port city has been the headquarters of forces loyal to President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and his backers in a Saudi-led military coalition but has seen growing violence by ISIS and its jihadist rival Al Qaeda.

“A man detonated his explosive vest among soldiers,” a military source said.

The troops were attending a training session run by Sudanese forces of the Saudi-led coalition, another military source said.

The bomber, who was disguised as a soldier, attacked the Ras Abbas camp in the west of Aden.

After the attack, panicking soldiers grabbed their weapons and fled the camp, witnesses said.

The little-known “Aden and Abyan Province” branch of ISIS said the suicide bombing was carried out by one of its militants and alleged it killed 20 “apostate” soldiers.

It came a day after Al Qaeda claimed an attack on the convoy of Aden’s governor and police chief in which four jihadists were killed.

Since March 2015, when the Saudi-led coalition intervened in support of Mr Hadi, ISIS has ramped up its operations in Yemen.