The Islamic State affiliate in Yemen claims responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed seven people and targeted the presidential palace in Aden, where the internationally-recognized president and his cabinet are based.
In an online statement posted on Twitter by the group’s supporters, IS identifies the attacker as Abu Hanifa al-Hollandi, an Arabic nom de guerre suggesting he was Dutch.
It is not yet possible to verify the claim. The group posts pictures that appear to show the car bomb speeding toward cement barricades manned by presidential guards.
Earlier, three Al-Jazeera journalists who were kidnapped in the war-ravaged Yemeni city of Taiz were released, the news network said in a statement. Journalists have been frequently targeted during Yemen’s conflict, which pits southern Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, against government forces backed by a Saudi-led military campaign.
The Houthis seized control of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, in September 2014 and in November that year the president fled to Aden
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