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SANAA: Gunmen stormed a retirement home run by missionaries in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Friday, killing 16 people, including four Indian nuns, Yemeni security officials and witnesses said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Aden has seen a surge in attacks by Daesh group and rival Al Qaeda.
The killing spree began with two gunmen who first surrounded the home for the elderly in Aden while four others entered the building, the witnesses and officials said.
The gunmen then moved from room to room, handcuffing the victims before shooting them in the head. A nun who survived and was rescued by locals said that she hid inside a fridge in a storeroom after hearing a Yemeni guard shouting “run, run.”
Khaled Haidar said that he counted 16 bodies, including that of his brother, Radwan. All had been shot in the head and were handcuffed. He said that in addition to the four Indian nuns, six Ethiopians, one Yemeni cook, and Yemeni guards were among those killed.
He said that his family was the first to arrive at the house and that he spoke to the surviving nun, who was crying and shaking. Haidar said that his family later handed her over to a group of southern fighters in charge of security in the local Aden district of Sheikh Osman.
Vikas Swarup, the spokesman of India’s External Affairs Ministry, said the attackers had asked the guard to open the gate on the pretext of visiting their mothers at the retirement home.
“On entering inside, (they) immediately shot dead the gatekeeper and started shooting randomly,” he said, adding that the assailants escaped soon after the attack.
SANAA: Gunmen stormed a retirement home run by missionaries in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Friday, killing 16 people, including four Indian nuns, Yemeni security officials and witnesses said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Aden has seen a surge in attacks by Daesh group and rival Al Qaeda.
The killing spree began with two gunmen who first surrounded the home for the elderly in Aden while four others entered the building, the witnesses and officials said.
The gunmen then moved from room to room, handcuffing the victims before shooting them in the head. A nun who survived and was rescued by locals said that she hid inside a fridge in a storeroom after hearing a Yemeni guard shouting “run, run.”
Khaled Haidar said that he counted 16 bodies, including that of his brother, Radwan. All had been shot in the head and were handcuffed. He said that in addition to the four Indian nuns, six Ethiopians, one Yemeni cook, and Yemeni guards were among those killed.
He said that his family was the first to arrive at the house and that he spoke to the surviving nun, who was crying and shaking. Haidar said that his family later handed her over to a group of southern fighters in charge of security in the local Aden district of Sheikh Osman.
Vikas Swarup, the spokesman of India’s External Affairs Ministry, said the attackers had asked the guard to open the gate on the pretext of visiting their mothers at the retirement home.
“On entering inside, (they) immediately shot dead the gatekeeper and started shooting randomly,” he said, adding that the assailants escaped soon after the attack.
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