A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a police academy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing at least six cadets and wounding dozens more, a senior official said, revising an earlier toll. “After the victims were transferred, it became clear that the attack killed six people, and wounded dozens of others,” the official in charge of the investigation told AFP on condition of anonymity. He said the toll “could rise as several of the wounded were in critical condition,” adding that all the dead and most of the injured were police cadets. Earlier, a security official said at least 20 people were killed in the attack. Dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene to evacuate the casualties, witnesses said, adding that the blast took place at a seldom used southern entrance of the academy. At least 4000 cadets study at the police academy in Sanaa, and according to witnesses, hundreds of them were leaving from the southern gate at the time of the blast to head home for the weekend.
Another security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the bomber detonated his explosives after “arriving in a vehicle” at one of the academy’s entrances.
One witness said the bomber had arrived in a taxi, which was “blown to pieces in the blast.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
