Yemen: Isis claims Aden suicide car bombing that kills 7

A suicide car bomb killed seven people outside Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadis residence in the southern port city of Aden on 28 January, local officials and eyewitnesses said. Islamic State (Isis) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted online. The militant group said the attack was carried out by a suicide car bomber it identified as Abu Hanifa al-Hollandi, suggesting the attacker was Dutch. The group said the attack had killed about 10 members of palace security and wounded about 20. Witnesses and local officials said seven people were killed in the bombing.

An Islamic State suicide bombing in Yemen that killed six people is believed to have been carried out by a Dutch fighter.

The terrorist group claims that the explosion, which happened on 28 January outside the presidential palace in Aden, was carried out by a Dutchman called Abu al-Hunaifa, The Post reported.

IS (Isis/Daesh) also released a picture of the man it claims is Al-Hunaifa, adding that it has proof that he was responsible for the bombing.

Among those killed by the attack were soldiers, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, while there are also believed to be 15 people injured following the blast.

The bombing comes just hours after three Al Jazeera journalists were released after being taken hostage in Taiz in Yemen and held for 10 days by a group they claim tortured them and chanted death to America, although no organisations have yet claimed responsibility for the abductions.

IS has become more prevalent in Yemen over the past year, with the group and its affiliates claiming responsibility for a number of attacks in the republic, including two bomb attacks in September 2015 in which a total of 45 people were killed.

It also released a video in April 2015 showing the murder of 15 government soldiers, and carried out a series of car bombings in June 2015, in which at least 30 people were killed.

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