Shocking moment ISIS suicide car bomber kills 20 people after targeting a queue outside army recruitment centre in Yemen

  • Two suicide bombings killed at least 45 people in attacks on army in Aden
  • Second bomber killed 25 after targeting recruits outside army chief's home

By Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline

Published: 10:18 EST, 23 May 2016 | Updated: 10:57 EST, 23 May 2016

This is the shocking moment an ISIS suicide car bomber kills at least 20 people after targeting a queue outside an army recruitment centre in Yemen.

The attack was one of two bombings that rocked the city of Aden. 

A second bomber on foot killed at least 25 people when he detonated his explosives vest among a group of recruits waiting outside the home of an army commander. 

Ball of fire: A suicide bomber detonates a car outside an army recruitment centre in Yemen, killing at least 20 people who were queuing outside

Ball of fire: A suicide bomber detonates a car outside an army recruitment centre in Yemen, killing at least 20 people who were queuing outside

Yemenis inspect the site of a suicide bombing targeting a gathering of young men seeking to join the army in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen

Yemenis inspect the site of a suicide bombing targeting a gathering of young men seeking to join the army in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen

Scores of others were injured in the attacks.

The local affiliate of ISIS claimed responsibility for both attacks.

It claimed the bombing at the residence of the commander killed more than 30 and was carried out by a native of Aden it identified as Abu Ali al-Adani.

It did not give casualty figures for the attack at the army recruitment centre, which it said was carried out by an explosive device, not a suicide car bomb as security officials said.

Yemen has for nearly two years been gripped by a war pitting the internationally recognised government against Shi'ite rebels who control the capital, Sanaa, and are allied with forces loyal to a former president.

The attack was one of two bombings that rocked the city of Aden, killing at least 45 people

The attack was one of two bombings that rocked the city of Aden, killing at least 45 people

The blasts underline the precarious security situation in Aden, the country's main port on the Arabian Sea

The blasts underline the precarious security situation in Aden, the country's main port on the Arabian Sea

The country is also home to active Al Qaeda and Islamic State group affiliates.

The blasts underline the precarious security situation in Aden, the country's main port on the Arabian Sea, several months after government forces and allied militiamen backed by a Saudi-led coalition retook the city from the Shi'ite rebels, also known as the Houthis.

The city has in recent months seen a series of suicide bombings and assassinations mainly targeting army and security forces. 

Contributing further to the instability in Aden is the recent eviction of northern Yemenis, the work of suspected separatists who seek an independent south.

In a separate incident, at least 20 people were killed in the city of Taiz when heavy rainfall triggered an avalanche of rocks that hit homes below in the residential Bani Omar district.

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