The governor of Aden Brigadier Aidarous Qasim Al Zubaidi accused in a telephone conversation with Al-Arabiya the sleeping cells affiliated with Houthi and ousted Saleh militias of being behind the attack, which he survived along with the governor of Lahij and the head of the Security in Aden, pointing out that the security and defense system collapsed due to the war and weapons reached frivolous parties, according to him. He added that this incident came as a result of the security control of the local authorities on some sovereign facilities such as Aden province