Dozens Feared Dead, 200 Injured in Yemen Mosque Attacks
Dozens Feared Dead, 200 Injured in Yemen Mosque Attacks, Dozens of people are dead and at least 300 others were injured after a series of suicide-bomber explosions in two mosques in Yemen, authorities told ABC News.
The attacks happened in the country's capital of Sana'a, authorities said.
A TV network owned by Yemen's Shiite rebels said a total of 137 people were killed and 345 were injured, according to The Associated Press.
Two high-ranking figures were among those killed: a major Shia religious leader and the imam of one of the mosques, according to a Yemeni official.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks international terrorists and the global jihadist network.
The mosques targeted are used mainly by supporters of the Zaidi Shia-led Houthi rebel movement which controls the capital, the BBC reports.
The attacks happened in the country's capital of Sana'a, authorities said.
A TV network owned by Yemen's Shiite rebels said a total of 137 people were killed and 345 were injured, according to The Associated Press.
Two high-ranking figures were among those killed: a major Shia religious leader and the imam of one of the mosques, according to a Yemeni official.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks international terrorists and the global jihadist network.
The mosques targeted are used mainly by supporters of the Zaidi Shia-led Houthi rebel movement which controls the capital, the BBC reports.
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