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An al Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack on Yemen's defence ministry that killed at least 52 people, the country's worst militant assault in 18 months.
The group is an offshoot of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
"As part of the policy of targeting the operation rooms of pilotless planes, the mujahideen (holy fighters), have heavily struck one of these rooms in the Ministry of Defence headquarters," Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law) said on Friday.
"Such joint military locations which participate with the Americans in their war against this Muslim nation are a legitimate target for our operations," a statement added.
Thursday's attack, in which 167 people were wounded, was carried out by a suicide bomber and gunmen wearing army uniforms.
Some of the dead were foreign medics, including German, Vietnamese, Indian and Filipino nationals.
The group is an offshoot of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
"As part of the policy of targeting the operation rooms of pilotless planes, the mujahideen (holy fighters), have heavily struck one of these rooms in the Ministry of Defence headquarters," Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law) said on Friday.
"Such joint military locations which participate with the Americans in their war against this Muslim nation are a legitimate target for our operations," a statement added.
Thursday's attack, in which 167 people were wounded, was carried out by a suicide bomber and gunmen wearing army uniforms.
Some of the dead were foreign medics, including German, Vietnamese, Indian and Filipino nationals.
