A bomb has gone off on Monday in one school used as a camp for refugees coming from a nearby trouble-torn province, in the southern port city of Aden, injuring at least 8 internal refugees.
A bomb has exploded in al-Qadisia school, which is like many schools in Aden used as camps to shelter refugees fleeing the clashes between al-Qaeda militants and security forces in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan.
The initial accounts indicate that 4 wounded children are in a very serious condition.
The bomb was carried by one refugee, who brought it from his hometown Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan, and that he did not mean to explode it, local sources told Yemen Post.
Abyan has witnessed fierce clashes between the army troops and al-Qaeda militants, leaving hundreds killed and forcing as many as 100000 to flee their homes and seek shelter in neighboring provinces.
Al-Qaeda has took over Zinjibar in May and declared it an Islamic emirate, but their emirate hasn't last long as army troops assisted by local tribes men forced the militants out of the town.
Yemen-based al-Qaeda has strengthened its foothold in the country especially in its southern provinces, apparently taking advantage of the power vacuum.
UNICEF has called for establishing camps for refugees and letting schools be for educating children.
Massive popular protests combined with Shiite rebellion in the far north and al-Qaeda insurgency in the south has shaken Yemen to the bone, leaving thousands killed, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse, and triggering a catastrophic humanitarian crisis