ADEN: Yemeni security forces have thwarted a bomb attack in a southern city that is being prepared to host the 20th Gulf Football Championships, authorities said.
Police in Aden arrested a man who was caught placing a plastic bag containing 1,800 grams of dynamite in the city’s "vital installations," the interior ministry said in a statement.
Following the arrest on Saturday night, officers detained six accomplices based on his confession, and are still on the hunt for another two members of the group suspected of "sabotage."
Earlier this month, twin bomb blasts rocked a sports centre in Aden, killing one person and wounding several others.
The football competition involving Yemen, Iraq and six Gulf monarchies is to be held from November 22 to December 5 in Aden and neighboring Abyan province, which has seen an increasing number of Al-Qaeda attacks.
