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         Islamist Suicide Bombers Kill Scores of Army Recruits in Yemen

   by VOA News

   Islamic State terrorists have claimed responsibility for a pair of
   suicide bombings outside an army recruiting center in Yemen's southern
   city of Aden Monday that killed at least 45 people and wounded many
   others.  Most of the victims were army recruits.

   IS said in an online statement that one of its militants targeted
   "apostate soldiers" waiting outside an army recruitment center with an
   explosive belt.

   That attack was quickly followed by a bomb that blew up outside the
   nearby Badr army base.

   The attacks occurred as army recruits lined up to enlist for military
   service in the port city that has served as the temporary capital of
   Yemen's Saudi-backed administration while it seeks to seize back the
   capital, Sana'a, from the armed Houthi group.

   Yemeni forces regained control of Aden last year, but deadly attacks
   have become more common as the pro-government forces clash with local
   affiliates of IS and their rival group, al-Qaida.

   Just last week, IS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that
   killed 31 police recruits in the southeastern port city of Mukalla.

   Since March 2015, at least 6,200 people have been killed and nearly
   three million more displaced due to the chaos resulting from Yemen's
   civil war.

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