1st LD: Twin suicide bombings target counter-terrorism forces in Yemen's Aden

ADEN, Yemen, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Twin suicide car bombings struck a camp of counter-terrorism forces in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday evening, a government official told Xinhua.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car at the main gate of the counter-terrorism forces headquarters in Aden's neighborhood of Tawahi, causing casualties among soldiers, the Aden-based government source said on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, another attacker managed to enter the anti-terror base in his explosives-laden car, and made the second explosion, the source added.

Witnesses near the scene told Xinhua that heavy gunfire erupted after the twin explosions that rocked the city. Enditem