August 2016 Aden bombing

{{Infobox civilian attack

|title = August 2016 Aden car bombing

|partof = the Aden unrest and the
Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

|image = File:Adan in Yemen.svg

|image_size = 250px

|caption = Location of Aden Governorate in Yemen.

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|location = Aden, Aden Governorate, Yemen

|coordinates = {{coord|12.7735|45.0265|display=inline,title}}

|date = 29 August 2016

|time =

|timezone =

|type = Suicide car bombings

|fatalities = 71{{cite web|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/is-suicide-bomber-kills-71-army-recruits-in-yemen/282979/|title='IS suicide bomber' kills 71 army recruits in Yemen |newspaper=The Manila Times Online|date=30 August 2016 |access-date=9 October 2016}}

|injuries = 67+

|target = Pro-Hadi army recruits

|perps = {{flag|ISIS}}

|weapons =

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On the morning of August 29, 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conducted a powerful car suicide bombing on an army camp in Aden, Yemen, killing 72 and wounding 67.{{cite news|title=Suicide Attack Kills Scores of Military Recruits in Aden, Yemen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/world/middleeast/yemen-suicide-attack-aden.html?_r=0|access-date=17 March 2017|newspaper=The New York Times| date=29 August 2016 | last1=Youssef | first1=Nour | last2=Al-Batati | first2=Saeed }}{{subscription required}} The attack took place as new military recruits were signing up in a local government school. Despite Al-Qaeda's large presence in the area, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant were the only ones to claim responsibility for the bombing.

ISIS claimed responsibility and referred to the bombing as a "martyrdom operation".{{cite web|date=29 August 2016|title=Isis suicide bomb attack kills at least 54 in Yemen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-bombing-suicide-attack-leaves-at-least-45-dead-at-army-camp-in-aden-a7214781.html|access-date=9 October 2016|newspaper=The Independent}}{{cite web|title=Yemen: Death toll in ISIL's Aden bombing rises to 70|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/yemen-death-toll-isil-aden-bombing-rises-70-160830040441997.html|access-date=9 October 2016|newspaper=Al Jazeera}}

Incident

On 29 August 2016, recruits at an army training camp had queued in line for breakfast, which was brought into the compound by a truck. According to military sources, the recruitment was for the Yemeni and Saudi Arabian led coalition army, fighting the Huthi rebels at the northern border with Saudi Arabia.{{cite web|title=Islamic State attack on army recruits in Yemen kills 54|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/suicide-bomber-kills-45-in-attack-on-pro-government-militia-in-southern-yemen/2016/08/29/664638e8-6dc3-11e6-9705-23e51a2f424d_story.html|access-date=17 March 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{subscription required}}

The suicide bomber, a suspected member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, entered the compound behind this truck. He then drove his vehicle into the gathering of people, blowing himself up in a suicide car bomb attack and killing himself.

The blast also caused a roof to collapse, burying recruits beneath it.{{cite web |title=Action on Armed Violence |date=30 August 2016 |url=https://aoav.org.uk/2016/deadliest-terror-attack-aden-year-isis-suicide-car-bomb-kills-70-army-recruiting-centre/ |access-date=30 August 2016}}