IS claims responsibility for twin suicide attacks in Yemen
IS claims responsibility for twin suicide attacks in Yemen
The death toll from the Islamic State group's attack on a Sanaa mosque on Wednesday has increased to 32, medics in Yemen have announced.
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The twin IS suicide bombings killed 32 people [AFP]
Twin bombings claimed by the Islamic State group against a Shia mosque in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday killed at least 32 people, medical sources said.
A further 92 people were wounded in the bombings in a Sanaa mosque attended by members of the Zaydi-Shia rebel Houthi movement.
It is the latest in a string of attacks carried out by the extremist group against Shia targets in Yemen since March.
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mosque in the Jarraf district of north Sanaa, and a car bomb was detonated outside minutes later.
The neighbourhood is home to many senior figures in the Houthi movement, which has controlled the capital since September last year.
IS consider Shia to be heretics and have carried out similar attacks against their mosques in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
An IS affiliate claimed responsibility for Wednesday's bombing in a statement circulated online.
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