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The country’s information minister accuses the Houthi rebels of the attack.
Dozens more people have been injured, according to health sources. At least two explosions were heard as government officials left the plane, said a correspondent for the AFP news agency.
The government brought the presidential palace
Government representatives, including Prime Minister Main Abdulmalik Said, were taken unharmed to the city’s presidential palace, Saudi witnesses and media reported.
Many had gathered at the airport to meet with the new government, which arrived just days after being sworn in by Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in Saudi Arabia.
Smoke rose from the airport building after the incident, images from the Saudi television channel Al-Hadath show.
Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed and millions have been forced to flee their homes during Yemen’s five-year war, which the UN called the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe.
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde (S) condemns the attack On twitter.
“I strongly condemn the atrocious attack on the Aden airport, where the ministers of the new Yemeni government were present. We cannot allow this deplorable attack to jeopardize peace efforts.”
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