15 Children among 25 Martyred in Yemen Anti-Huthi Bombing
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Fifteen children on a school bus were among at least 25 people martyred in a suicide car bomb attack in central Yemen targeting an Ansarullah group leader on Tuesday, security sources said.
The children were killed when their school bus was caught up in the attack targeting the home of a leader of Ansarullah , known as Huthis, in the town of Rada, a security source said, blaming the attack on al-Qaeda militants.
A medical source confirmed that at least 25 people had been martyred in the attack.
The defense ministry, on its website 26sep.net, condemned "this cowardly terrorist attack on the home of a citizen and a school bus," and also held al-Qaeda responsible.
Tuesday's bomb attack was the second to target Huthis in Rada in little more than a month.
On November 12, a suicide bomber killed dozens of people gathered at the residence of a tribal chief in Rada.
The mixed town has seen heavy fighting since the Huthis took over parts of it in October, while al-Qaeda has set its sights on taking over Rada.
State authority has weakened in the face of the rivalries on the ground.
Armed Huthis on Tuesday surrounded the defense ministry in Sanaa after having been denied access, a military source said.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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