Alwaght- ISIS Takfiri terrorists have killed nearly 20 people in multiple coordinated bomb attacks in southeastern Yemeni port of Mukalla.
Dozens of other people were wounded in the bombings, which occurred just people in that area were about to break their day-long fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The ISIS Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack via its online news agency, Amaq.
The claim came in a short statement posted via the same Twitter account that claimed the Paris, Brussels and Orlando attacks.
The first explosion occurred as an attacker detonated his suicide vest at a checkpoint on Mukalla's western approaches. A second blast came from a bomb-laden car at a local intelligence headquarters, and the last was an improvised explosive device which went off people in that area were about to begin their evening meal.
Yemen, an impoverished Arab country, has been gripped by one of the most active regional al-Qeada insurgencies in the West Asia region and the affiliate of the ISIS. The fragile security situation in the country has deteriorated since March 2015 following the Saudi-led illegal aggression on Yemen to oust the popular Ansarullah movement and restore to power fugitive president, Abdul Rabuh Mansour Hadi.
Nearly 10,000 Yemenis have been killed during the Saudi-led aggression, with the vast majority of them being innocent civilians including women and children.
The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, markets, schools, factories and mosques.
