\nDUBAI: Yemen\u2019s interior ministry on Tuesday said they had captured members of a Houthi cell involved in last Thursday\u2019s attack on Al-Anad air base.<\/p>\n
\nThe drone attack on a Yemeni government military parade, the latest and deadliest since a cease-fire agreement for Hodeidah was signed in Sweden last month, killed six people and injured scores of others.<\/p>\n
\nA seventh person died days later.<\/p>\n
\nA ministry statement added the cell worked for the Houthi militia in Aden, Lahij and other liberated areas, Al-Arabiya news website reported.<\/p>\n
\nAhmed Al-Misri, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, said the militants were arrested in the past few days in the Lahij province, north of Aden, where Al-Anad airbase was located.<\/p>\n
\nAl-Misri added that those arrested admitted during interrogation they carried out the assassinations and bombings in Aden, which targeted security and military officials.<\/p>\n
\nThe militants likewise said they received training from Houthi experts in Sanaa and Dhamar, the areas controlled by the militia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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