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Officials have said the attacker drove his vehicle into a group of recruits this morning.

Médecins Sans Frontières‎ (Doctors Without Borders), which runs a hospital in the city confimed 45 dead bodies were brought to them, according to Reuters.

But the total number of deaths is thought to be 54.

An army spokesperson has apparently said at least 60 more poeple have been left injured in the attack.

An official said: "Security services are still evacuating the dead and wounded."

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The compound was reportedly used by pro-government Popular Resistance militia.

Yemen has been in the grip of a war between the Saudi-backed government and rebels for 17 months.

Attacks in Yemen – particularly Aden – are relatively commonplace and the port city is the temporary base of the country's government.

Most of the attcaks are claimed by Islamic terror groups, including Al-Qaida or ISIS.

ISIS has said it is behind this latest atrocity.

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The ongoing conflict has left nearly 7,000 people – mostly civilians – dead.

The UN has also estimated that around 80% of the population needs humanitarian aid.

Just this month the Yemen was rocked by a horror airstrike attack that killed 10 children at a school in the north-west of the country.