At least 10 Muslim worshippers performing Eid al-Adha prayers were killed yesterday when an Islamic State suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up at a mosque run by Yemen’s Houthi group, security sources said.
Islamic State’s branch in Yemen said the attack at al-Balili mosque, just outside the Old City of Sanaa, had killed or wounded dozens of “rejectionists”. The Sunni militant group uses that term to describe Shia Muslims it deems to be heretics.
Medics said at least 36 other people were wounded. A Houthi website gave a death toll of at least 10, while Arab media said it was at least 25. – (Reuters)
