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"Two Fighters of Partisans of Sharia were martyred before reaching the main target in Aden because of a mistake in timing the explosives," the al-Qaida spokesperson said a statement obtained by Xinhua.
"The two holly warriors were on their way to carry out a jihadist attack against an intelligence office belonging to the Yemeni government in Mansoura district," it said.
Two suicide bombers riding an explosives-laden motorbike blew themselves up on Friday morning outside the headquarters of the military intelligence agency in the Mansoura district in Aden, killing themselves only at the scene, a police officer told Xinhua.
The officer said that the al-Qaida suspects appeared to be in their early 20s.
The suicide attack came just a few hours after the country's interior ministry announced that Yemeni Government troops have killed more than 100 al-Qaida fighters during fierce battles with the terrorist group in the neighboring southern provinces of Lahj and Abyan in the past two days.
The southern port city of Aden, a main stronghold of the pro- secession groups in southern Yemen, has been plagued by violence since al-Qaida militants overran several towns in neighboring Abyan province last May. Explosions and assassinations conducted by pro-secession militants and al-Qaida fighters were frequently seen in the city during the past year.
Local observers and analysts fear that security situation in Aden may worsen as the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch threatens to overrun the port city, despite the tightened security measures adopted by Yemeni authorities.
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