• At least seven people were reportedly killed in the attack. Yahya Arhab/EPA
    At least seven people were reportedly killed in the attack. Yahya Arhab/EPA
  • There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
    There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
  • However, it bore the hallmarks of similar attacks that have been carried out in the past by the Sunni extremist group ISIL, which has targeted Shiite Huthi rebels who control Sanaa.
    However, it bore the hallmarks of similar attacks that have been carried out in the past by the Sunni extremist group ISIL, which has targeted Shiite Huthi rebels who control Sanaa.
  • The attack came on the same day that coordinated terrorist attacks in Aden killed 15 coalition soldiers including four Emiratis.
    The attack came on the same day that coordinated terrorist attacks in Aden killed 15 coalition soldiers including four Emiratis.
  • The Iran-backed Huthi rebels have held the capital for more than a year, after sweeping south from their northern highlands.
    The Iran-backed Huthi rebels have held the capital for more than a year, after sweeping south from their northern highlands.
  • ISIL claimed responsibility for a similar bombing in Sanaa on September 24 that killed 25 people.
    ISIL claimed responsibility for a similar bombing in Sanaa on September 24 that killed 25 people.
  • The attack left ‘seven citizens dead and wounded three others’, the rebel-controlled sabanews.net website reported.
    The attack left ‘seven citizens dead and wounded three others’, the rebel-controlled sabanews.net website reported.

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Aftermath of Sanaa mosque attack - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

October 07, 2015

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A suicide bombing outside a mosque in Yemen’s insurgent-held capital killed seven people, rebel media and witnesses said on Wednesday.

A man wearing an explosives belt blew himself up on Tuesday evening among a group of Huthi rebels guarding Al Nour mosque, where both Sunnis and Shiites pray in the northwest of the capital.

All photos by Yahya Arhab, EPA

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