Yemeni officials say a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens of others late Saturday in a southern town.
The bomber struck in the village of Jaar, one of several towns in Abyan province that were retaken from al-Qaida in a major government offensive in June.
The Reuters news agency says the bomber appears to have targeted people who supported the military during the offensive against Islamist militants.
Al-Qaida-linked militants seized several towns in Abyan province last year, while the government was preoccupied with the pro-democracy uprising against then-president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Saleh's successor, President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, launched an offensive in May to recapture some of those areas.
The bomber struck in the village of Jaar, one of several towns in Abyan province that were retaken from al-Qaida in a major government offensive in June.
The Reuters news agency says the bomber appears to have targeted people who supported the military during the offensive against Islamist militants.
Al-Qaida-linked militants seized several towns in Abyan province last year, while the government was preoccupied with the pro-democracy uprising against then-president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Saleh's successor, President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, launched an offensive in May to recapture some of those areas.
