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2021 Aden bombings

Coordinates: 12°49′32″N 45°02′11″E / 12.82556°N 45.03639°E / 12.82556; 45.03639
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2021 Aden bombings
Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
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LocationAden, Aden Governorate, Yemen
Coordinates12°49′32″N 45°02′11″E / 12.82556°N 45.03639°E / 12.82556; 45.03639
Date10 and 30 October 2021
Attack type
Car bombs
Deaths18

Two car bombings occurred in Aden, Yemen, in October 2021.[1][2]

On 10 October 2021, a car bombing in Aden, Yemen, killed six people and wounded seven others.[1][2][3] The state news agency said the bomb was a terrorist assassination attempt which targeted the Governor of Aden Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-Suqatri.[3]

On 30 October 2021, a car bombing near Aden International Airport killed at least 12 civilians and injured several others.[1][2] Prime Minister Mueeen Abdulmalek Saeed described it as a terrorist bombing.[1]

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