REUTERS
(REUTERS) Islamic State group said it was behind a car bomb that exploded near a mosque in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday (June 20), killing two people and wounding six others, witnesses and a security source told Reuters.
Islamic State said in a statement published on militant Twitter accounts that the attack targeted Houthi militia, whose fighters have used the Qubat al-Mahdi mosque, located in the old city of Sanaa.
“There were two people injured and carried to hospital. Two people were killed, but we thank God,” said Abdulla Al Dhamari, who witnessed the attack.
The bomb blast is the latest in a series of attacks in Sanaa. On Wednesday (June 17) the Sunni Muslim jihadist group claimed responsibility for four car bombs that detonated near mosques used by the Houthis and the group’s headquarters, killing two and injuring around 60 people.
The Houthis, who are mainly drawn from the Shi’ite Zaydi sect and are considered heretics by Islamic State, took control of Sanaa in September, a move that culminated in a messy civil war and months of air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition.
