At least 40 soldiers have been killed and dozen others were injured in 3 suicide car bombings at a military site in Azzan area, in the southeastern Shabwa province of Yemen early Friday. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has claimed responsibility for these explosions.
One of the bombs ripped through a key site manned by the armed forces in Azzan area, killing 30 soldiers and wounding 20 others at the scene, the government source said.
Two more car bombs went off at the police headquarters in the same area, killing up to 10 soldiers and wounding several others, he said.
The toll in Friday's suicide attacks could rise as ambulances and civilian cars sent victims to different hospitals and medical centers in the city, according to local sources.
The Yemen-based AQAP, which emerged in January 2009, is considered the most strategic threat to the Yemeni government and its neighboring oil-rich Saudi Arabia.
(with inputs from IANS)
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