Bomb blast kills 2 soldiers in southern Yemen

By Shukri Hussein

ADEN, Yemen (AA) – Two government soldiers were killed in a bomb blast in southern Yemen on Monday, according to a local Yemeni commander.

A device exploded near a government compound in al-Mahfed district in the southern Abyan province, the commander said on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to speak to media.

He said three other soldiers were injured in the bombing.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Yemen's southern provinces, including Abyan, have been the scene of bombings that has claimed the lives of dozens of Yemeni soldiers in recent months.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has flourished in the chaos in Yemen, which fell into civil war when Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa, in 2014.