35 dead in suicide bombings in Yemen ex-Qaeda bastion

A wave of suicide bombings targeting Yemeni troops killed at least 35 people today in the southeastern city of Mukalla, a former Al-Qaeda bastion, a health official said giving a new toll.
25 other people were wounded in the bombings that shook Mukalla, the provincial capital of Hadramawt, at sunset, Hadramawt's health chief Riad al-Jalili told AFP.
A security official had earlier given a toll of 19 killed.