Suicide Bombings Kill 25 in Yemen’s capital Sanaa: Officials

Yemen: In a suicide bomb attack, at least 25 people have been killed and dozens wounded during Shiite worshiper’s prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, at a mosque in Yemen’s capital, today.

According to reports, the incident happened in the Balili mosque, where Huthi Shitte rebels, who control Sanaa, go to pray. After a first blast inside the mosque, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt at the entrance, as worshippers rushed outside.

So far, no organisation has claimed the responsibility but Sanaa has been shaken by a string of bombings by the Islamic State jihadist group in recent months targeting Shiites. The radical Sunni Muslim group considers Shiites to be heretics and has also claimed bombings of mosques in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Huthi rebels back by Iran have seized several regions of Yemen, including Sanaa, which they overran a year ago.The United Nations says around 5,000 people have been killed and 25,000 wounded, in Yemen, many of them civilians, since late March.

Bureau Report