Yemen separatist forces say soldiers killed in attack on convoy in Aden

Reuters , Thursday 4 Mar 2021

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces, the Security Belt, said in a Twitter post that the casualties were among soldiers accompanying the convoy of Brigadier General Mohsen al-Wali

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File Photo: The emblem of the STC is seen between weapons held by Yemeni government soldiers at the headquarters of the separatist Southern Transitional Council in Ataq, Yemen taken on August 27, 2019. REUTERS

An attack using a car rigged with explosives against a convoy of Yemen's main southern separatist forces on Thursday led to deaths and injuries among the soldiers in the southern port city of Aden, the group said in a Twitter post without providing a figure.

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces, the Security Belt, said in a Twitter post that the casualties were among soldiers accompanying the convoy of Brigadier General Mohsen al-Wali. It said in a separate post that Wali and another brigadier general had survived "an assassination operation using a rigged car".

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