from BBC:
At least 63 people have
been killed in a suicide bomb attack during a rehearsal for a military
parade in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, officials say.
The assailant, who was reportedly wearing army uniform, blew himself up among a group of soldiers at al-Sabin Square, near the presidential palace.
An al-Qaeda source told the BBC one of its members had carried out the attack.
It was the deadliest incident in the capital since President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi took power in February.
"We were in a parade, suddenly there was a huge explosion. Dozens of our men were killed. We tried to help them," Col Amin al-Alghabati told the Reuters news agency.
"The suicide bomber was dressed in a military uniform. He had a belt of explosives underneath," he added.
Another soldier, Ahmed Sobhi, told the
Associated Press: "This is a real massacre. There are piles of torn body
parts, limbs and heads. This is unbelievable."
Medical sources told the AFP news agency that at least 96 soldiers had been killed and 300 wounded, who they said were being treated in seven hospital across Sanaa.
It is not clear if the attacker had been taking part in the drill or had walked up to the soldiers shortly before detonating his bomb.
But the attack happened shortly before Defence Minister Nasser Ahmed and the army chief-of-staff were expected to greet the troops, officials said. Neither was injured.
Most of the casualties were from the Central Security Organisation, a paramilitary force commanded by Yahya Saleh, a nephew of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
They had been practising for a parade for National Unity Day on Tuesday, which marks the anniversary of the 1990 unification of the Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen - also known as South Yemen - and the Yemen Arab Republic, known as North Yemen.
"Yemenis must stand together in the face of this deadly terrorist threat," Brig Karim Nahil said. "We will celebrate our unity tomorrow with the blood of our martyrs on our hands and faces."
Video of the suicide attack that targeted a company of Yemeni soldiers at least 70 killed 100 injured:
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