ADEN (Xinhua/AP) – At least 10 people were killed in an explosion that rocked a weapon warehouse in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan on Tuesday, a security official told Xinhua.
A large explosion rocked a building used to store weapons in Abyan’s district of Lawdar, leaving at least 10 killed and more than 35 others injured, the local security source said on condition of anonymity.
Search for survivors continues at the site, said the source, adding the death toll could rise.
A number of nearby residential buildings and business stores were partially damaged as a result of the explosion, the source said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion. The cause of the explosion is unknown and an investigation was launched by local authorities.
The warehouse was used to store weapons and also explosives, both of which are commonly sold at the market in Lawdar.
Yemen has been engulfed in a Saudi-led war since 2015 which has left hundreds of thousand killed and injured.
The Saudi-led coalition has failed to achieve its goal and the war spawned one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.