Local Editor

Twin bombing claimed by the so-called "Daesh" ["ISIL"] extremist group targeted a mosque in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, killing 32 people on Wednesday, medical sources said.

A further 92 people were wounded in the "Daesh"-claimed bombings, the latest in a string of attacks carried out by the extremist group. 

Security sources said that a suicide bomber was involved in the attack, noting that he was wearing an explosive belt and targeted worshippers leaving the mosque in the northern Jarraf district.

A bomb-laden vehicle then exploded, targeting the first aid volunteers who rushed to the scene to aid the injured people.

The "Daesh extremist group claimed responsibility for the bombings. 

"Daesh", which has claimed similar bombings in the past, said that a man named Qusai al-Sanaani blew himself up inside the mosque and that a bomb-laden vehicle parked nearby subsequently exploded. 

In a similar incident in June, a car bombing exploded outside the mosque of Qubat al-Mahdi Mosque in the Yemeni capital, killing three people and injuring many others. The "Daesh" extremist group also claimed that deadly bomb attack.

The twin bombings in the capital comes as the crisis in Yemen continues unabated with Saudi Arabia bombarding different areas in the country.