UNSC Condemns Yemeni Bombings, Wants Financiers Brought to Justice

The members of the UN Security Council condemned the Wednesday car bomb attack in Sanaa and called for financiers and sponsors of terrorism to be brought to justice.

UNITED NATIONS, January 8 (Sputnik) — The UN Security Council unanimously agreed to a statement condemning the Wednesday car bomb attack in Yemen's capital of Sanaa and calling for financiers and sponsors of terrorism to be brought to justice.

The members of the Security Council in their statement Wednesday “condemned in the strongest terms the horrific 7 January bomb attack at the Police Academy in Sana’a, Yemen.” In the same statement, the members of the Security Council also condemned the recent bomb attacks in the cities of Ibb and Dhamar.

The members of the Security Council stressed the need “to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice,” urging all states to cooperate with Yemeni officials in this regard.

At least 50 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion outside a police college in Sanaa on Wednesday morning. It was reported that a car bomb went off when numerous applicants gathered in front of the college.

Late on Wednesday the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said Ban Ki-Moon condemns the Sanaa attack “in the strongest terms.”