Bomb Yemen kills children and several other people after a twin car bomb attacks were plotted Tuesday. It killed a total of 31 people including at least 15 innocent children. The car bombs were suspected to be done by al Qaeda militants CNN reports.
The Yemeni government stated that two suicide car bombs slammed into the Shiite rebel's checkpoint and Abdullah Idris house, Shiite militia leader in Radaa while an approaching bus loading students was also hit by the bombers. Bomb Yemen kills children who are bound home after attending school.
The Houti fighters have stronghold of Radaa after extreme fight with al Qaeda took place in October. Since then, the al Qaeda militants held everyday attacks in the region claiming hundreds lives of civilians and Houtis. The Sunni tribes and al-Qaeda remained resistant to the Houtis.
The Houtis, the Shiite rebels blamed the car bomb Yemen kills children and other victims to the Sunni jihadist militants, according to BBC. Investigators are still checking if the target in the car bomb Yemen kills children was the small innocent lives in the bus or the Houti checkpoint.
Bomb Yemen kills children of ages 12 and below. The children were all girls attending a local primary school. The Houtis who dominate Radaa condemns the killing as "the ugliest crime against childhood." It was the second time that the house of the Shiite rebel leader had been a target after October attack.
The country's Supreme Security Committee had also denounced the bomb Yemen kills children as "cowardly terrorist attack on the home of a citizen and a school bus." However, the Houtis didn't release information if Abdullah Idris and the men killed in the second attack were also Houtis or bystanders.
The Wall Street Journal states that Yemen has been a point of conflict between ruling President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the Houthis. Houtis have strong allies to the former leader of Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh who was thrown out from his position after several uprising in 2011.
Before bomb Yemen kills children happened, the first suicide attack occurred at the tribal chief in Radaa that killed more than 10 people on Nov.12.
Interior Ministry reported that 37 were wounded and three children were killed while eight in critical condition. The Defense Ministry stated that at least 25 people were killed in the bomb Yemen kills children.
The exact figure of casualties was not yet determined as body parts of the victims were scattered along the streets.
