Sana'a / Istanbul. .- The balance of the explosion in a munitions factory in the town of Jaar, in the region of Abyan in Yemen be increased to a total of 121 dead and 45 wounded, according to sources cited by the regional hospital U.S. television network CNN. The sources have warned that the death toll could rise in the coming hours.
According to eyewitnesses, the explosion came after several residents stormed the factory to steal ammunition. The cause, they added, could be a cigarette, which would have caused a fire and then the explosion. "This accident was a catastrophe, is the first of its kind in Abyan," said a hospital doctor Jaar public.
"There are many charred bodies, the situation is indescribable," he added. The Yemeni authorities have expressed their suspicion that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been responsible for the explosion at the munitions factory in the province of Abyan, according to official sources have indicated to the SABA news agency. 
According to eyewitnesses, the explosion came after several residents stormed the factory to steal ammunition. The cause, they added, could be a cigarette, which would have caused a fire and then the explosion. "This accident was a catastrophe, is the first of its kind in Abyan," said a hospital doctor Jaar public.
"There are many charred bodies, the situation is indescribable," he added. The Yemeni authorities have expressed their suspicion that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been responsible for the explosion at the munitions factory in the province of Abyan, according to official sources have indicated to the SABA news agency.
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