Rebel, jihadists attacks kill 49

Separate attacks by Shia rebels and a jihadist suicide bomber killed at least 49 people in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden yesterday, many of them newly trained police cadets.

The attacks were the first to hit the southern port city in more than a year and dealt a heavy blow to the government’s reorganised security forces, which have been trained and equipped by the United Arab Emirates.

The first attack was a suicide car bombing carried out by jihadists on a police station, a security source said. 10 people were killed and 16 were injured.

The second attack was carried out by the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels, who said they launched a drone and a ballistic missile at a training camp west of Aden.

The aerial attack hit as senior commanders were overseeing a passing out parade for newly graduated cadets at Al-Jala Camp, 20 kilometres (13 miles) from the centre of Aden.

Between 30 and 35 people were killed or wounded, most of them new graduates of the so-called Security Belt force.