A car bomb blast tore through dozens of Yemenis lined up at a police academy in Sanaa yesterday, killing more than 30 in the latest attack highlighting the country's growing instability.
Official news agency Saba quoted the interior ministry as saying at least 31 people had died and dozens were wounded in what it described as the "terrorist bombing" targeting potential police recruits.
The charred remains of the dead, mostly young men, were piled on the sidewalk outside the academy alongside blood-soaked documents they had been carrying.
The wreckage of a car -- presumably the one used in the attack -- sat nearby, with little remaining but mangled metal and the steering wheel.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast but Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the jihadist network's powerful affiliate in Yemen, has claimed responsibility for previous such attacks on security forces.
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