A plane carrying members of the newly formed Yemeni government landed at Aden International Airport. As passengers disembarked, there were explosions and gunfire, leaving 25 people dead and 110 others injured. None of the passengers were hurt in the attack. The Yemeni government had been based in the temporary capital city of Aden after the Houthi rebels took control of the capital city Sanaa.
About 2020 Aden attacks in brief
On 30 December 2020, a plane carrying members of the newly formed Yemeni government landed at Aden International Airport. As passengers disembarked, there were explosions and gunfire, leaving 25 people dead and 110 others injured. None of the passengers were hurt in the attack and the Yemeni cabinet members were quickly transported to Mashiq Palace for safety. The palace was later also reported to be the target of an attack. The formation of the new unity government, which includes equal numbers of representatives from each region of Yemen’s northern and southern areas, was the result of over a year’s worth of intense negotiations mediated by the Saudis. The Yemeni government had been based in the temporary capital city of Aden after the Houthi rebels took control of the capital city Sanaa, but its recent operations had usually been conducted while in exile in Saudi Arabia. After the new 24-member cabinet was announced earlier in December, the new government, led by Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, was sworn in by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on 26 December 2020 in Riyadh.
The newly formed and internationally recognized government had planned to televise its return from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, to signal to its citizens that their worries were going to be addressed. The event was also meant to mark the successful result of the lengthy negotiations, and was meant to end the infighting so that the two sides could fight together in the ongoing civil war. The casualties included aid workers as well as government officials, including two Yemenis and one Rwandan; three others were wounded, with one seriously so. Most of the casualties were reportedly civilians and airport staff, with the Voice of America reporting that the casualties had reportedly occurred within the terminal.
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