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Urgent: Dozens killed in explosions at arms depot in Yemen's Aden

Xinhua, March 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Dozens were killed and more others were wounded in a series of blasts at an arms deport in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday, a government official told Xinhua.

The country's second largest city that has seen conflicts since early this month.

"Hundreds of people gathered near the arms deport of Jabel Hadeed in Aden city attempting to loot weapons, but unfortunately the bombs inside exploded that killed dozens of people," the official based in Aden said on condition of anonymity, without giving the exact number of casualties. Enditem