Suicide attack kills 100 in Yemen | WPN World People News

A day after a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade killing nearly 100 soldiers, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi vowed to continue the war on terror regardless of the "sacrifices".

The attack on Monday in the heart of the Yemeni capital, which also left around 300 soldiers injured, happened when a suicide bomber, dressed in military uniform, blew himself up in the middle of the battalion rehearsing for an Army parade scheduled Tuesday, marking the 22nd anniversary of the unification of north and south Yemen.

Military Chief of Staff Ali al-Ashwal vowed the military would not be deterred in its offensive against the extremists.

"The barbaric attack on Sabeen Square will not scare us and will not prevent us from going ahead with our war on these evil elements," said al-Ashwal, who was among the officials targeted in the attack.

"Our war on them will not stop until we free our land," he said.

The Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Yemeni officials have confirmed that the attack bore the hallmark of the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen off-shoot of the terror group.

The group said the attack was targeted at "the defense minister and other leaders of the US war on our people in Abyan" governorate in the south.

"Even if the defense minister and his aides escaped this operation, we will not tire ... we are in a war to defend our blood which is violated in Abyan, and war only breeds war," it said in a statement posted on jihadist Internet forums.

Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has "condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack" and said its members "reiterated their determination to combat all forms of terrorism".

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on all parties in Yemen to reject violence and "play a full and constructive role in implementing Yemen's political transition agreement".

Source: Middle East News.Net