Blasts at Yemen Airport Said to Kill 30 as New Cabinet Lands

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Smoke rises from Aden Airport following multiple explosions, on Dec. 30.Photographer: Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFP/Getty Images

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By Mohammed Hatem

December 30, 2020 at 10:49 AM UTC

Updated on

December 30, 2020 at 5:30 PM UTC

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Multiple explosions and gunfire rocked Yemen’s Aden airport on Wednesday as a new cabinet flew in from its refuge in Saudi Arabia, killing about 30 people and wounding 60, according to the Al-Masdar news website.

Al-Masdar said a deputy minister of public works was killed, and two other vice ministers were wounded in the attack in the southern port city, which Al-Hadath TV said took place as cabinet members prepared to step off the plane. They had returned to Aden amid a heavy security presence and were whisked to their headquarters at the presidential palace after the assault.