At least 96 people killed , more than 300 others injured as suspected Al-Qaida suicide bomber targets Yemeni military parade.

At least 96 people killed, more than 300 others injured as suspected Al-Qaida suicide bomber targets Yemeni military parade.(AA).At least 96 people have been killed and more than 300 others injured on Monday when a suicide bomber targeted soldiers practicing for a military parade in the Yemeni capital Sana’a, killing several people, Al Arabiya correspondent said citing military and medical sources. The explosion took place at al-Sabeen square, near the presidential palace. Security forces in Sanaa have closed the area. The parade was scheduled for Tuesday, marking Yemen’s national day, President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi was due to attend, a police source said. The bomber, dressed in military uniform, detonated his explosives in the middle of battalion of soldiers rehearsing for an army parade to mark the 22nd anniversary of the unification of north and south Yemen, an official said. Witnesses said human remains were scattered across the site of the blast, according to AFP. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the blast which according to witnesses was heard across the city, causing panic among residents. Yemen’s defense minister, Mohammed Nasser Ahmed, was present at the time of the explosion but escaped unharmed, the official told AFP. It remains unclear if the parade will take place as planned. Monday’s attack is most deadly since President Hadi took power in February with a pledge to fight al-Qaeda’s growing presence in the county. The suicide bombing comes 10 days into a massive army offensive against al-Qaeda in Yemen’s restive southern Abyan province, where the jihadists have seized control of a string of towns and cities in attacks launched since May last year.Hmmmm........"The War on Terror is Over".Read and see (Video) the full story here.