Death toll from Yemen funeral bombing rises to 46

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An al-Qaida suicide bomber killed a prominent pro-government tribal chief and at least 45 others at a funeral in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.

The al-Qaida suicide bomber detonated the explosives around his waist among funeral guests in Jaar town in Abyan province late on Saturday night, the country’s Defense Ministry said in a brief statement posted on its website.

“Latest reports coming from Abyan province indicate that at least 46 people were killed and about 48 others were wounded, some of them in critical conditions,” the statement said.

A local pro-government tribal chief is among those killed in the funeral attended by other anti-al-Qaida militiamen and social figures, the statement added.

Al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in an emailed statement obtained by Xinhua on Sunday. “One of our holly warriors carried out a successful jihadist operation on a compound in Jaar town,” the statement said without giving more details.

It also threatened to launch further attacks on security officials and military bases across the country.

Local residents told Xinhua anonymously that “an al-Qaida attacker apparently disguised himself as a guest and blew himself up at the entrance of the hall, where prominent tribal chiefs were welcoming guests at the funeral in Jaar town.”

Backed by the United States, the Yemeni government waged a month-long intensive offensive in May against hundreds of al-Qaida militants, driving them out of strongholds they had controlled for nearly a year.

Combating al-Qaida militants in the restive south is one of the challenges confronting Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has promised to restore security and uproot the country’s branch of al-Qaida.

Xinhua

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3 responses to “Death toll from Yemen funeral bombing rises to 46”

  1. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Killing killing and more killing, they are simply execercising what they learned from their religion, their prophet and their Kuran. If they kill, they believe they are going to paradise to meet the 72 Hour-El-Ein and have sex forever with virgins and drink rivers of booze. How could this religion be from God ? This umma is completely lost, Mohammad’s teachings are the devil’s teachings that generate only wars, killings, destruction and deception. If you notice around the world, wars or terrorist activities are happening only in countries where there are muslims: Afghanistan, Irak, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Syria, UAE, Iran, Chechnya, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon (I almost forgot) ect…..

    These teachings are the ones of the most “Honorable” man in the world, the prophet of Islam, “upon which God is going to pray and greet”. Any muslim in his right mind still believes that Mohammad is a prophet from God ? The answer to this question is that Mohammad stole the muslims’ minds and forbade them to use it and any one who does use it or decides to leave Islam his fate is death, so either you accept these devilish teachings or you are killed. However, the muslims don’t know that even if they accept these teachings they are dead anyways and FOR EVER.

    Killing 45 at a funeral inspired me writing once again on this alleged religion “from God”….. May the peace and light of Jesus Christ shine upon you all of you to see the truth and have the courage to face the devil and defeat him.  

  2. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Killing killing and more killing, they are simply execercising what they learned from their religion, their prophet and their Kuran. If they kill, they believe they are going to paradise to meet the 72 Hour-El-Ein and have sex forever with virgins and drink rivers of booze. How could this religion be from God ? This umma is completely lost, Mohammad’s teachings are the devil’s teachings that generate only wars, killings, destruction and deception. If you notice around the world, wars or terrorist activities are happening only in countries where there are muslims: Afghanistan, Irak, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Syria, UAE, Iran, Chechnya, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon (I almost forgot) ect…..

    These teachings are the ones of the most “Honorable” man in the world, the prophet of Islam, “upon which God is going to pray and greet”. Any muslim in his right mind still believes that Mohammad is a prophet from God ? The answer to this question is that Mohammad stole the muslims’ minds and forbade them to use it and any one who does use it or decides to leave Islam his fate is death, so either you accept these devilish teachings or you are killed. However, the muslims don’t know that even if they accept these teachings they are dead anyways and FOR EVER.

    Killing 45 at a funeral inspired me writing once again on this alleged religion “from God”….. May the peace and light of Jesus Christ shine upon you all of you to see the truth and have the courage to face the devil and defeat him.  

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