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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 03:35 AM Sep 2015

Mosque bombing in Yemen capital kills at least 25: medics

Source: Yahoo! News / AFP

Sanaa (AFP) - A bomb attack targeting Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Yemen's capital on Thursday killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, medics said.

The blast happened in the Balili mosque where Huthi Shiite rebels who control Sanaa go to pray, according to witnesses.

Witnesses reported that after a first blast inside the mosque, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt at the entrance as worshippers rushed outside.

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.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blast-mosque-yemen-capital-during-prayers-witnesses-052158646.html

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Mosque bombing in Yemen capital kills at least 25: medics (Original Post) Little Tich Sep 2015 OP
Jihadists--bringing the love all around the region. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #1
 

Comrade Grumpy

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1. Jihadists--bringing the love all around the region.
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 12:20 PM
Sep 2015

That's about the third mosque bombing there in the past few months.

With friends like the jihadis and the Saudis, who needs enemies?

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