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Yemeni authorities on Saturday arrested seven IS group suspects, including one ‘Westerner’, in second city Aden, a police officer said.
The arrests are part of a government offensive against IS and Al-Qaeda, which have claimed a wave of deadly attacks in recent months in Yemen’s south and southeast. Among these were twin bombings claimed by IS that hit loyalist forces in Aden on Monday, killing at least 41 people.
“We arrested seven IS members, among them a Western Muslim, in Mansura†district of Aden, said officer Munir Al Yafie, who took part in the raid, without giving further details.