On 6 December 2015, a car bomb attack killed

Aden Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...

governor,

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Jaafar Mohammed Saad Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad ( ar, جعفر محمد سعد; born 1950 – died 6 December 2015) was a Yemeni politician and soldier. Saad was a soldier for South Yemen before unification with North Yemen in 1990. Local officials said he ...

, and his entourage. Saad's caravan was traveling to his office in a western district of Aden. The

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Yemen branch claimed responsibility for the car bomb. They described Saad as an oppressor and infidel and threatened further attacks in Yemen. The group stated that they detonated the bomb as Saad's convoy passed where the car was parked. The explosion was powerful and was heard from 10 km away. Six bodyguards of Saad were killed and several people injured. Medics stated the victims bodies were unrecognizable. Photographs, supposedly of the attack, showed a burning, wrecked car. The Islamic State released a video under Aden-Abyan Province media, which the bombing was part of it.

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