At least 50 soldiers practicing for a parade have been killed by a suicide bomber in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, media reports say. The military event is scheduled for Tuesday to mark Yemen’s National Unity Day.
Dozens of ambulances have rushed to the scene to get wounded to hospitals.
The bomber, who was reportedly wearing military uniform or was a soldier himself, targeted servicemen as they marched through Sabin Square near the presidential palace. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is due to attend the parade.
The military officials do not exclude Al-Qaeda links of the blast since the army has been successfully fighting its militants over the last week in the southern Abyan governorate of Yemen.
Yemeni police cadets march during their graduation ceremony in Sanaa (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)