யாஜிதி ஜாதியினர் மசூதியில் குண்டுவைத்ததில் 15 பேர் ஏமனில் பலி

யாஜிதி ஜாதியினர் மசூதியில் குண்டுவைத்ததில் 15 பேர் ஏமனில் பலியானார்கள்.


Blast in northern Yemen mosque kills 15
Fri May 2, 2008 2:44pm EDT

SANAA (Reuters) - About 15 people were killed and dozens wounded on Friday in the bombing of a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada that officials blamed on followers of rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.

A conflict in Saada broke out in 2004 between the government and Houthi, a member of the Zaydi sect of Shi'ite Islam, and violence has flared in recent weeks after a period of calm.

A security source said several suspects had been detained at a city checkpoint and preliminary investigations showed Houthi's followers planted the bomb, which was hidden in a motorcycle parked outside the Bin Salman Mosque.

Houthi denied any role in the blast, which took place as worshippers, including army officers, left the mosque.

"We criticize and condemn this regrettable incident ... We deny completely any role in this incident. It is not part of our ethics to target any mosque or any worshippers at all," he told Al Jazeera television by telephone from Saada.

"We believe that someone is trying to blow up a war and foil all the peace efforts through these incidents ... The real target of these incidents is us, the people of Saada."

Qatar has been mediating to salvage a truce it brokered in Saada last year.

Yemen has witnessed attacks by different groups targeting everything from tourists and embassies to government offices and oil pipelines in recent years, but attacks on mosques were virtually unheard of until Friday. Continued...