Sanaa , Yemen ( CNN ) At least seven Yemeni soldiers were killed and nine others wounded after suicide car bomb attacks on a military base in the city of Seyoun in southern Yemen on Tuesday . Two car bombs detonated at the military headquarters in Hadramout province in the northeast of the country , Yemeni intelligence officials told CNN . Ansar al Sharia , an al Qaeda affiliate , claimed responsibility for the attack . `` The first vehicle targeted the main gate of the compound and the second targeted the building inside , '' it said in a statement . Medical officials said the death toll could rise . `` A number of the injured are in critical condition , '' a medic at Seyoun General Hospital said . `` Some of the injured were not close to the explosions but it was a powerful attack . ''
Ansar al Sharia , an al Qaeda affiliate , claimed responsibility . - The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who blew himself up in the center of the city and killed at least 30 people.