SANA’A: At least 28 people including two Huthi rebel leader and eight women killed in Islamic State group attacked in Yemen’s capital.
The car bomb attack targeted Huthi rebel chief brothers Faycal and Hamid Jayache during a gathering to mourn the death of a family member, a security source said.
Huthi rebels closed down the surrounding area in the centre of the city after the attack, only allowing through emergency services to help evacuate the victims, witnesses said.
In a statement posted online, the Islamic State group said it had organised the attack on what it called a “Shiite nest” in the Yemeni capital.
