Attackers poured fuel over worshippers at a mosque in northern Yemen, locked the doors and set fire to it, | Attackers poured fuel over worshippers at a mosque in northern Yemen, locked the doors and set fire to it. |
wounding 30 people, the official Saba news agency reported. The attack took place on Friday in the northern province of Amran, south of Saada. “Security authorities are investigating to identify the assailants and the motives of this criminal act,” Saba quoted Amran Governor Taha Hajar as saying.
Eight victims in critical condition were taken to the capital Sanaa, while 22 were admitted to local hospitals for treatment for burns, the agency said late on Friday. Several people suffered from smoke inhalation. Saba said the attack was the third in Amran. In 2001 a man opened fire at worshippers, killing three, and in 2003 a bomb exploded in a mosque killing one man and wounding 50, it said. |