SANAA, OCT 09 -
At least 20 people were killed on Thursday in a suicide attack
apparently targeting a Shi'ite Muslim Houthi checkpoint in the center
of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, witnesses including a Reuters reporter
said.
One witness counted at least 20 bodies after the bombing in Tahrir
Square in central Sanaa, which is under control of Muslim Shi'ite
Houthi. Many other people were wounded in the attack, other witnesses
said.
A policemen guarding a local bank near the scene said a man apparently
wearing a suicide belt approached the Houthi checkpoint. "He then
exploded amidst the (Houthi) security and ordinary people near by," the
policemen told Reuters.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the incident
appears to mirror previous bombings carried out by Al Qaeda in the
Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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