Two killed, ten injured in Yemen bomb blast
A bomb blast in northern Yemen has left at least two people dead and ten others injured.
The attack reportedly took place in Amran Province, situated 53 kilometres (33 miles) northwest of the capital, Sana’a, on Friday after an explosive device planted inside a car was detonated in a popular local market.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Amran has been the scene of violent clashes between Yemen’s Ansarullah revolutionaries, and Salafists who are backed by government forces over the past weeks.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Amran has been the scene of violent clashes between Yemen’s Ansarullah revolutionaries, and Salafists who are backed by government forces over the past weeks.
This comes as Jamal Benomar, the United Nations envoy to Yemen, left Sana’a on Thursday, following weeks of unrest in the capital and the country's failure to name a new head of government.
Benomar expressed concern over the “sensitive and unpredictable” situation in Yemen, saying the only way to bring peace to the crisis-hit country is the full implementation of agreements between the revolutionaries and the government.
“The only way forward for the success of the peaceful change project that started in 2011 is the rapid implementation of the Peace and National Partnership Agreement and outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference that Yemenis have agreed on,” he said.
Ansarullah activists, also known as Houthis, have staged several demonstrations in the capital over the government's corruption.
The movement played a major role in the popular uprising that forced the former dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to step down after more than 33 years in power.
Saleh stepped down in February 2012 under a US-backed power transfer deal in return for immunity, after a year of mass street demonstrations demanding his ouster.
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