Sun18Dec - YEMEN - 49 soldiers die in Aden pay queue bomb

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WORLD NEWS | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | 7:16am EST
Suicide bombing kills soldiers in Yemen, claimed by Islamic State
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN147053

Army patrols are seen on a street near the site of a suicide bombing in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen December 18, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

A suicide bomber killed at least 49 soldiers gathered to receive their monthly pay in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday, officials said, as Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

Officials said at least 60 other troops were wounded in the attack, which occurred near al-Sawlaban military base in Aden's Khor Maksar district, where another Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up a week ago killing 50 soldiers.

Aden is the temporary capital of Yemen's internationally recognized government in exile in neighbouring Saudi Arabia. It has been battling the armed Iran-aligned Houthi movement since 2014.

Al Qaeda and Islamic State have exploited the war to carry out assassinations and bombings, mostly in lawless southern Yemeni areas nominally controlled by the government.

In a statement posted via its Amaq news agency, IS said Sunday's attacker, who it identified as Abu Hashem al-Radfani, detonated an explosive vest amid a crowd of soldiers.

It posted what it said were pictures of the attack, one showing young man wearing a white vest as he stood next to the black and white Islamic State flag.

The jihadist group put the death toll at more than 70.

(Reporting by Mohammed Mukhashaf and Omar Fahmy, Writing By Noah Browning and Sami Aboudi, Editing by Paul Tait and John Stonestreet)

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