Two senior government officials were involved in the deadly attacks and a child was equally among says the report.
About 30 people were injured and it was all security officers except for five
civilians, according to the official reporters, both of whom are in the
provincial governor's office.
One
of the attacks was lunched in a military compound near a government
intelligence building, while the others targeted military checkpoints. A
child walking nearby was hit and killed one of checkpoints.
ISIS a terrorist group has claimed responsibility of the attacks according to a media voice known as Amaq which is own by ISIS.
The
areas attacked had been mostly controlled by al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula and ISIS before government forces started a campaign against
that group.
AQAP and ISIS been responsible for least 40 attacks over the
last three months alone in Hadramaut, the Defense Ministry said.
Last
month, at least 30 troops were killed and dozens others injured when
when an AQAP suicide bomber attacked a military base in Mukalla.
The
suicide bomber approached the main gate for the military base and
detonated a bomb when recruits crowded the gate.
Yemen has become a proxy battleground
for Saudi Arabia and Iran. Yemen's minority Houthis, who are Shiite,
rebelled last year against the Sunni-led government of President Abdu
Rabu Mansour Hadi, which is backed by Saudi Arabia.
A
Saudi-led coalition got involved in march 2015 by launching airstrikes
in support of Hadi against rebel targets in Yemen.
Thousands of
civilians have been killed in the violence. Government forces and the
Saudi-led coalition also have fought against AQAP and ISIS, both of
which are anti-government Sunni terror groups, CNN Reports.
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