Deadly Blast Hit Yemen Mosque During Eid Prayer

Suicide bombers have struck a mosque in Yemen’s capital in an attack targeting shia worshippers that killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens, medics and witnesses said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Sanaa has been shaken by a string of bombings by the ISIL group in recent months targeting Shia Muslims. Thursday’s blast ripped through the Balili mosque where Houthi Shia rebels who control Sanaa go to pray, according to witnesses.
It came as worshippers marked Eid Al- Adha, the feast of the sacrifice, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar. Witnesses reported that after a first blast inside the mosque, a second suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt at the entrance as worshippers rushed outside. Isil bomb attacks targeting several Shia mosques in Sanaa on march 21 killed 142 people. The group has also claimed attacks on mosques in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.