ADEN, Yemen, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A huge bomb blast rocked the headquarters of local military intelligence agency in Yemen's southern port city of Aden Monday morning, with no immediate reports of casualties, a police officer told Xinhua.
The explosion hit a headquarters of the military intelligence agency in the al-Mansoura district in Aden when a bomb planted by unknown gunmen went off at the main gate of the building, no immediate reports of casualties were available, the local police officer said on condition of anonymity.
The powerful bomb blast shattered the windows of some residential buildings nearby the intelligence agency, which was partially damaged, the officer said.
Local military and government officials said that militants of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were likely behind the attack.
The bomb blast prompted local government authorities to raise security alerts and put up extra checkpoints on main roads and entrances across the port city of Aden.
Meanwhile, the death toll from Sunday's fighting that took place between al-Qaida militants and government forces in the neighboring southern province of Abyan jumped to 80 army soldiers and 27 terrorists, local medics and military officials told Xinhua on Monday.
Yemen's southern and eastern regions have recently been rocked by a string of suicide car bombings targeting government buildings and military officials. The government authorities usually accuse al-Qaida militants of committing the crimes and masterminding the attacks.
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