Rockets hit Aden hotel used by Yemeni PM

Rockets hit Aden hotel used by Yemeni PM
Officials say Khaled Bahah was not hurt by attack on al-Qasr hotel in southern city, but there were other casualties.


A hotel in Yemen's second city of Aden where Khaled Bahah, the prime minister, and members of the government are using as residence is on fire on after being hit by three rockets, according to government source and witnesses.

Government sources said Bahah was not hurt by on Tuesday morning's attack, but there were other casualties.

Officials did not say whether the dead or injured included members of government.

Columns of smoke were rising from the Al-Qasr Hotel in the city's western suburbs, the AFP news agency reported.

Ambulances and civil defence forces were on the scene, witnesses said, adding that the rockets hit the entrance of the hotel.

Bahah and his ministers have been installed in Aden - declared Yemen's provisional capital after it was taken back from Shia Houthi fighters in mid-July - after spending six months in exile in Saudi Arabia.