Shabwa’s local authority ordered salaries to continue going to families of recruits killed in the Oct. 19 strike near Ataq, reporting 53 dead and more than 200 wounded in a preliminary count.
The authority said the recruits were training for internal security duties at a center outside Ataq. The casualty figures are unverified. Officials also ordered medical care for the wounded and payment of benefits owed to the dead and injured.
Yemeni government military spokesman Majed Al Nuzaili said three ballistic missiles targeted the training center. His account of the number and type of missiles is unverified. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said his forces struck Al-Alam camp, which he described as run by Saudi officers, and claimed Saudi officers were among the casualties; those claims are unverified. Saree’s statement did not identify the center near Ataq, and the statements do not establish that Al-Alam and the training site were the same location.
Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said an Oct. 15 attack at Aden’s Al-Maashiq palace compound killed five security personnel and injured 16 others.
Presidential Leadership Council President Rashad Al-Alimi directed officials to care for the wounded and bereaved families and prepare a firm response. He announced no timing for that response.
