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Seven killed in Islamic State suicide bombing in Yemeni capital

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Seven people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing on a mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Houthi-run state news agency said. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

The agency said in a text message that the attack targeted al-Nour mosque in the al-Nahda neighbourhood in northwestern Sanaa.

 

Islamic State said in a statement that dozens of Houthis preparing to go to the front had been killed or wounded in the attack, which targeted the local al-Nour university.

 

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