Militants who carried out a brazen daylight assault on the Yemeni defense ministry that killed 56 people were mostly Saudis, investigators said on Saturday.

The Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a merged jihadist network of the Saudi and Yemeni branches, claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attack, reports stated.

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