Six people were killed and at least 35 wounded on Friday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada. The blast happened as worshippers, including army officers, were leaving the Salman Mosque after Friday prayers, officials and security sources said. "We estimate so far six dead and around 35 wounded," Motahhar Rashad told Al Jazeera television. "It is a large mosque."
Rescue workers were still helping people at the scene, and medical sources told Reuters around 100 people had been taken to two hospitals in the area. It was not known who planted the bomb near the door of the mosque, but the northwestern province has been rocked by sporadic violence since a conflict broke out in 2004 between government forces and rebels loyal to Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. |