DHAKA: Yemen’s ministry of defence has said that the deadly gun and bomb attacks on the ministry’s complex in Sana’a were carried out mainly by Saudi militants.

In a preliminary report submitted to president Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi, the country military’s chief of the general staff said that 12 attackers had taken part in the attack that killed 56 people and injured 215.

According to the report, the attackers arrived at the complex’s entrance in a pick-up and on foot wearing military uniforms.

They opened fire on the guards and drove a car laden with a half-tonne of TNT into the complex.

The military complex houses the headquarters of the ministry of defence and a hospital.

The car exploded when it hit a gate before reaching its target.

The attackers then spread into the complex and began indiscriminately shooting at hospital’s security guards, doctors, staff and patients, reports gulfnews.com.

BDST: 1906 HRS, DEC 07, 2013