According to a statement released by Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, the attack on Wednesday targeted a convoy carrying Hamdi Shukri, a commander of the pro-government Giants Brigades.
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According to the Saudi-backed council, the bombing was a “desperate attempt” to undermine efforts to stabilize the country’s security situation at a time when “tangible progress” was being made with Saudi Arabia’s support.
According to the Saba News Agency, the council said that following the “treacherous terrorist attack,” taking “practical and decisive measures” would include prosecuting the perpetrators and dismantling related support networks.
The government did not name a specific group as the target of the attack.
The Yemeni government calls on all political and national organizations to unite under the guise of justice in the face of chaos, saboteurs, and terrorism, and to treat this crime as one that affects everyone, without exception, according to the council.
When the state is being targeted, it continued, “political differences do not justify silence or reluctance.”
As Shukri’s convoy passed by the Ja’awla area in the north of Aden, a security source claimed to have heard an explosion from a car bomb left on the side of the road.
Shukri was able to survive the attack despite having leg shrapnel wounds, according to a medical source who spoke to AFP.
What it called an “unprovoked attack against a Yemeni government-affiliated military convoy” was also condemned by the US embassy in Yemen.
Since Houthi rebels led by Iran-backed Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi removed the government from Sanaa in 2014, Yemen has been mired in a civil war.
Saudi Arabia and the neighboring United Arab Emirates have recently experienced armed conflict due to armed clashes between the internationally renowned government and the Southern Transitional Council, which is supported by the UAE.
Source: Aljazeera
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