2015 Aden car bombing

ISIL assassination of the governor of Aden, Yemen, and his entourage February 2023 2015 Aden car bombing the Aden unrest and the Yemeni civil war (2014–present) File:Adan in Yemen.svg 250px Location of Aden Governorate in Yemen Aden, Aden Governorate, Yemen 6 December 2015 Car bombing 7 Unknown Islamic State – Yemen Province Bomb On 6 December 2015, a car bomb attack killed Aden governor, Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, and his entourage. Saad's caravan was traveling to his office in a western district of Aden.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-governor-killed-in-suicide-car-bombing-a6762116.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-governor-killed-in-suicide-car-bombing-a6762116.html 2022-05-01 subscription Yemen governor killed in Isis-claimed 'car bombing' Independent New Agency 6 December 2015 8 December 2015 Osborne, Samuelhttp://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/12/06/Yemen-s-Aden-governor-killed-in-RPG-attack-.html ISIS claims killing of Aden governor in Yemen Al Arabiya News 6 December 2015 8 December 2015 Staff writer of Al Arabiya Newshttp://europe.newsweek.com/islamic-state-claim-responsibility-car-bomb-killing-yemen-governor-401652?rm=eu Islamic State Claims Responsibility After Yemen Official Killed by Car Bomb Europe.Newsweek 6 December 2015 8 December 2015 Westcott, Lucy The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Yemen branch claimed responsibility for the car bomb.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-governor-idUSKBN0TP05K20151206#XsEZUMtADQdasr31.97 Yemen's Aden governor killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State Reuters 6 December 2015 8 December 2015 Mukhashaf, Mohammed They described Saad as an oppressor and infidel and threatened further attacks in Yemen. The group stated that they detonated the bomb as Saad's convoy passed where the car was parked. The explosion was powerful and was heard from 10 km away.http://triblive.com/usworld/world/9580002-74/explosion-islamic-state#axzz3tiC0PadH kills Yemen governor, bodyguards in Aden Triblive 6 December 2015 8 December 2015 The Associated Press Six bodyguards of Saad were killed and several people injured. Medics stated the victims bodies were unrecognizable. Photographs, supposedly of the attack, showed a burning, wrecked car. The Islamic State released a video under Aden-Abyan Province media, which the bombing was part of it.February 2023 References External links Video of Car bombing of Aden governor Yemen Category:2015 murders in Yemen Category:Terrorist incidents in Aden Category:Terrorist incidents in Yemen in 2015 Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Yemen Category:December 2015 in Yemen Category:Aden in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Category:Car and truck bombings in Yemen Category:2015 mass murders Category:2015 in Aden Category:Car and truck bombings in 2015 Category:21st-century mass murders in Yemen Category:Murder in Aden