Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mosque run by Houthi rebels in Sanaa earlier yesterday during Eidul Azha prayers, witnesses said.
The blast happened in the Blili mosque near a police academy in Sanaa, which is controlled by Houthi insurgents, according to witnesses, some of whom reported seeing dead and wounded people.
The Yemeni capital has been shaken by a string of bombings of Shia mosques in recent months claimed by the self-styled Islamic State group.
The Houthi rebels have seized several regions of Yemen including Sanaa which they overran a year ago.
Pro-government forces backed by Saudi-led air strikes have recently managed to wrest back some southern provinces, including Yemen’s second city of Aden.
IS and the Yemen-based branch of its rival Al Qaeda have exploited the turmoil to boost their activities in the impoverished country.
