IS claims deadly Yemen bombings

A wall painted with the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants, near former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's palace in Tikrit  April 1, 2015. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)
A wall painted with the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants near former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s palace in Tikrit on April 1, 2015. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Aden, Yemen (AFP)—The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for twin bombings against the Yemeni army which killed 41 people in second city Aden on Monday.

In a statement posted online, IS said one of its militants detonated an explosives belt among “apostate soldiers” at an army recruitment center, followed by a bomb that exploded at the gate of the nearby Badr army base in Aden’s Khormaksar district.