"Korban tewas bom Yaman capai 90 orang" [Yemen bomb death toll reaches 90]. BBC News Indonesia (in Indonesian). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2024. [Security officials said the bomber was believed to be a soldier who was taking part in a dress rehearsal and detonated the bomb moments before Defense Minister Nasser Ahmed and the army chief were scheduled to meet the soldiers.]
"القاعدة تتبنى تفجير صنعاء وارتفاع حصيلة الضحايا" [Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for Sanaa bombing, death toll rises]. DW (in Arabic). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2024. ["The [al-Qaeda] source confirmed that the operation was carried out by a soldier recruited for Al-Qaeda who carried out the operation with an explosive belt containing 13,000 shrapnel]
""القاعدة" تتبنى الهجوم الانتحاري ضد الجيش في صنعاء وتتوعد بالمزيد" [Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for suicide attack against army in Sanaa, vows more]. France 24 (in Arabic). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2024. [In a statement, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expressed her "full condemnation of the horrific and brutal attack committed today against Yemeni soldiers."]