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Sana’a explosion, in which dozens more were injured, comes weeks after another blast killed 91 people
At least 22 people have been killed in a large explosion, believed to be a suicide bombing, at the Yemeni police academy in the capital Sana’a, medics and a police source said.
The police source said the blast happened as cadets were leaving the academy as classes finished.
Medics at the scene said dozens more were wounded in the explosion, which took place at the entrance to the academy.
In May, a suicide bomber in army uniform struck at the heart of Yemen‘s military establishment, killing more than 90 people during a rehearsal for an army parade in Sana’a. The attack was claimed by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which US officials have described as the most dangerous franchise of the global militant network.
Islamist militants linked to al-Qaida have vowed to carry their fight across Yemen after a US-backed military offensive in May drove them out of strongholds they took last year during protests against the rule of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
A number of attacks since the recent offensive indicate that the militants still pose a serious threat.
Sana’a explosion, in which dozens more were injured, comes weeks after another blast killed 91 people
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