Six security personnel killed in Yemen car bomb attack

In Yemen, six security personnel and three attackers were killed in a attack. The attack followed after car bomb attack against a government building in southern Lahij province killing five soldiers and ten others injured. Media reported citing a statement issued by the local public information office. 

The attackers



targeted a government building before being intercepted by security personnel guarding the building. The car bomb exploded outside the building before gunmen sprayed the area with machine-gun fire, the statement read as quoted by Anadolu news agency. It remains unclear whether al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attack.