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7 killed, 18 wounded as bomb blast hits Yemen’s Ma’rib

Wednesday, 27 July 2016 3:10 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 27 July 2016 4:02 PM ]

Yemenis gather at the site of a twin bombing claimed by Daesh terrorists in Aden on May 23, 2016. ©AFP

A bomb explosion has ripped through an open market in the Yemeni city of Ma’rib, leaving seven people dead and 18 others injured, local officials say.

A security official in Ma’rib said the blast took place on Wednesday.

A medical source at the city's public hospital also confirmed the number of casualties.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but the Daesh Takfiri terrorists and al-Qaeda militants have been active in parts of Yemen over the past months.

The extremists have exploited the Saudi military aggression, which was launched to crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstate the resigned Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Forces loyal to Hadi control the city of Ma'rib, the capital of the province with the same name.

Ma'rib province has seen fierce clashes between Saudi-backed Hadi loyalists and Houthi fighters, who continue to control the province's northern parts. Saudi Arabia has forces based in the province in an effort to support the pro-Hadi troops.

The impoverished Arabian Peninsula country has seen almost daily attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March 2015, with internal sources putting the toll from the bloody aggression at about 10,000.

The Houthi fighters took state matters into their own hands after the resignation and escape of Hadi, which threw Yemen into a state of uncertainty and threatened a total security breakdown in the country.

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