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According to information received by the AA correspondent from a government official who did not want to be identified, when the plane carrying the cabinet members of the new Yemeni government landed at the airport, there were 3 explosions at Aden airport, one in the terminal.
In the statement made by the Yemeni Interior Ministry, it was claimed that 25 people, including civilians, airport employees and officers who were present to hand over the cabinet members, lost their lives and at least 110 people were injured in the explosions. in the airport.
“The cowardly terrorist attack carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias at the Aden airport will not prevent us from fulfilling our national duty,” the new government’s Minister of Information and Culture, Muammar al-Iryani, said on his Twitter account. .
On the other hand, Mohammed al-Buhayti, a member of the Houthi Political Bureau, said: “We have nothing to do with the attack.”
CABINET MEMBERS ARRIVED AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
In the news published on the website of the Saudi Arabian channel Al Arabiya, it was noted that shortly after the plane carrying the cabinet members landed at the airport, 3 attacks with mortar shells were carried out at the airport and then shots were opened.
In the report, it was claimed that cabinet members survived the attack unharmed and that Salaryık was taken to the Presidential Palace in Aden.
THE PRESIDENT OF YEMEN HADI GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION
Yemeni President Abdurabbu Mansur Hadi gave the order to establish an investigative committee on the attack on the Aden airport.
According to the news published in Yemen’s official news agency SABA, it was stated that “President Hadi gave the order to establish an investigative committee on the attack” and appointed the Interior Minister, Major General İbrahim Haydan, as head of the committee.
In the report, it was claimed that Hadi also conveyed to the members of the committee, which consists of intelligence and security officials, that they should be in coordination with the Saudi-led coalition forces.
“The terrorist act against the airport is part of the war against the Yemeni people”
Yemen’s Prime Minister Muin Abdulmalik, in a written statement on his social media account, stated that the situation for members of the government is good: “The cowardly terrorist act against Aden airport is part of the war against Yemen and His town”. used the expression.
Abdulmalik claimed that the attack increased the determination of the Houthis to carry out their duties until the coup was ended and stability was restored.
A YEMEN’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MADE THE ATTACK
The United Nations (UN) special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, said in a statement on his social media account Twitter that the new Yemeni government strongly condemned the attack at the Aden airport when cabinet members arrived in the country.
Griffiths expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack, saying: “This violence is unacceptable. What happened has painfully reminded Yemen that it must take the path of peace.”
Griffiths said the cabinet wants to be decisive and firm in dealing with the difficult situations that await it.
Meanwhile, Britain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan condemned the attack on the Aden airport.
