23-11-2024 07:43 AM Jerusalem Timing

Casualties as Car Bomb Explodes near Mosque in Yemen Capital

Casualties as Car Bomb Explodes near Mosque in Yemen Capital

A car bomb exploded Saturday near a mosque in the Old City of the capital Sanaa, causing casualties, witnesses and security sources said.

A car bomb exploded Saturday near a mosque in the Old City of the capital Sanaa, causing casualties, witnesses and security sources said.

The explosion went off outside the Qebbat al-Mahdi mosque AFP news agency quoted sources as saying, adding that the number of casualties was unknown.Sanaa Mosque attack

Al-Manar correspondent in Sanaa said that preliminary toll suggests that three people were martyred in the terrorists attack.

The attack comes just few days after a series of suicide bombings rocked Sanaa on Wednesday as the Yemenis were preparing themselves for the holy month of Ramadan.

The terrorist blasts targeted four mosques and a bureau of Ansarullah revolutionary movement, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.