Suicide bombing at mosque kills at least 25 as they join holiday prayers

A bomb attack targeting Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Yemen’s capital on Thursday killed at least 25 people and injured dozens more. The blast happened in the Balili mosque where Huthi Shiite 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, witnesses said.

Officials said that the death toll could rise as several people were seriously injured, CNN reported, adding that at least 29 people have been killed

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The attack happened during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Sanaa has been shaken by a string of bombings by the Islamic State jihadist group in recent months targeting Shiites. IS, made up of radical Sunni Muslims, considers the Iranian-backed Shiites, who have seized several regions of Yemen including Sanaa which they overran a year ago, to be heretics.

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