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49 killed in two attacks in Yemen’s Aden: official
DUBAI, Aug 1, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least 49 people were killed Thursday in two separate attacks on police by Yemen rebels and a jihadist suicide bomber in the second city of Aden, a health ministry official said.
“Forty-nine people were killed and 48 were wounded,” Mohammed Rabid told reporters in Aden, the inernationally-recognised government’s de facto capital.
He did not specify how many of those killed and wounded were civilians. The death toll has increased from 27.
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