As many as 77 killed in Yemen mosque blasts

The death toll from Friday's suicide bombings at two mosques in Yemen's capital has risen to 48, with more than 200 other people injured, according to three officials from Yemen's Houthi minority group.


Explosions in Yemen's capital rocked two mosques serving a minority Muslim group that recently conquered the city, killing at least 25 people and seriously injuring dozens of others, medics said.

The blasts happened at Al Badr Mosque and Al Hashoosh Mosque in Sanaa, both of which serve members of the Zaidi sect of Shiite Islam -- the sect followed by the Houthi rebels who recently took control of the capital and forced President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to flee.

The injured include senior Houthi politicians and religious leaders, the medics said.

Details about what caused the explosions weren't immediately available.

The explosions came during a week in which deadly fighting between Houthi-controlled forces have battled military units still loyal to Hadi in the port city of Aden, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) southeast of Sanaa.


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