Bomb blasts in Yemen city of Aden

14 September 2011 Last updated at 23:34 GMT At least two bomb blasts have hit security buildings in Yemen's southern city of Aden, officials say.

One young boy was killed in an ensuing gun battle, security sources and witnesses said.

No security personnel are reported to have been hurt. Yemen has been plagued by unrest for months, including clashes in the south between security forces and Islamist militants.

But the port city of Aden has remained generally calm.

Security officials said the blasts failed to penetrate the perimeter walls of the two buildings, which stand about 400m apart.

The Yemeni army recently announced it had recaptured the capital of the southern province of Abyan, where Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda have mounted an uprising.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh is clinging to power in the face of months of protests against his 30-year rule.

He is currently in Saudi Arabia being treated for wounds suffered in an attack on his palace compound in June.

A recent UN report said Yemen risked sliding into civil war unless political unrest was resolved swiftly.

The UN Human Rights Council said security forces had responded with excessive force against peaceful demonstrations.

It said hundreds of Yemenis had been killed and thousands injured since anti-government protests began in January.

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