(KUNA) - The security services in Aden Governorate, southwest Yemen, have dismantled a terrorist cell, the Yemeni Ministry of Interior said Saturday.The nine-member group was planned for sabotage and terror acts to destabilize the governorate, according to a statement issued by the ministry here.
A member of the cell, identified as Saleh A. A. Al-Breiki, 30-year old, was caught red-handed while trying to plant a bomb at a key facility in the governorate.
The improvised bomb contained 1,800 grams of the dynamite, a detonator, a timer and a flammable robe, wrapped in a plastic bag, the statement said.
Six other members of the cell have been nabbed while the remaining two members are still on the lam, it added.
In the last few weeks Aden has been the scene of carnage which targeted civilian facilities such as sports and transport utilities, murdering four people and maiming eight others.
Governor of Aden said all perpetrators of the bombings had been jugged and referred to the judiciary.