Thursday 24 September 2015

Deadly Blasts Rock Yemen Mosque During Eid Prayers This Morning, Kills 25, Wounds Many

Suicide bombers have struck a mosque in Yemen's capital, Sanaa in an attack targeting Shia worshippers that killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens, medics and witnesses said.Sanaa has
been shaken by a string of bombings by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in recent months targeting Shia Muslims.Today's blast ripped through the Balili mosque where Houthi Shia rebels who control Sanaa go to pray.This is coming at a time worshippers marked Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar.

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