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ADEN, Yemen, Nov. 5-- Fierce armed clashes continued Sunday between Yemeni security forces and the Islamic State (IS) militants at Aden's security HQ, killing 21 people, a military source said. A military source based in Aden's neighborhood of KhorMaksar said that the security forces supported by anti-terror units attempted to raid the building of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), but a huge explosion occurred. He said that many officers and policewomen are besieged inside the CID building where a number of IS militants are hiding since Sunday morning. One of the Islamic State militants blew up himself as the security forces attempted to raid and cleanse other rooms of the CID building from the terrorists, he added. Additional security soldiers and hostages were killed in the suicide bombing that happened around 5:30 p.m. local time, according to the sources. Residents confirmed to Xinhua saying that "the clashes and explosions are still ranging out across the area. Elite soldiers are trying to kick the terrorists out of the security buildings." "The security soldiers are now in full control of the area but there is a real difficulty in terms of freeing the hostages inside the CID building," a police officer near the scene said. "Unknown number of terrorists took positions inside the building and threatened to blow themselves up if any security soldiers approached or raided the building," the police source added. | 
