ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a suicide motorcycle bombing that targeted a security checkpoint in the southern port city of Aden on Friday, leaving five soldiers killed.
The extremist group with its official news agency, Amaq, said in a brief statement that one of its Jihadists blew his booby-trapped motorcycle and struck a security checkpoint in Aden northern entrance.
It mentioned no further details about the suicide motorcycle bombing or the casualties.
Around five soldiers were killed in the targeted security checkpoint that is manned by forces affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC), according to a local military official.
Elsewhere in Aden, an explosion caused by a roadside bomb struck a motorcade of senior security commanders in Aden, leaving five bodyguards injured, a military official told Xinhua.
"The roadside bombing aimed at assassinating the leader of the Security Belt forces Wadah Omar along with other officers in Sheikh Othman neighborhood of Aden," said the military official on condition of anonymity.
"All the security commanders survived but around five of their bodyguards were seriously injured," said the official.
According to a statement released by the security authorities in Aden, "two terrorist cells sneaked into Aden during the past two days."
"The terrorist cells took advantage of the chaos and insecurity that the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islah party wanted to create in Aden," said the security statement.
Director of Aden's Security General Shalal Shayea announced that his forces arrested some of those involved in the two terrorist attacks that hit Aden.
He vowed to pursue other involved in terror activities in the country's southern port city of Aden that's controlled by the STC.
Heavy security forces belonging to the Aden-based STC were deployed across Aden's streets and began tracking suspected terrorists.
Considered as Yemen's temporary capital, Aden is where the Saudi-backed Yemeni government has based itself since 2015.
The impoverished Arab country has been locked in a civil war since late 2014, when the Houthis overran much of the country and seized all northern provinces including the capital Sanaa.
