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Washington Times
May 3, 2008
Pg. 6
Yemen
SAN'A — A bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up amid a crowd of worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a mosque in a rebel stronghold of northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about four dozen, officials said.
The attack occurred in Saada, a city in a mountainous Shi'ite Muslim area on the border with Saudi Arabia where a rebellion by members of the al-Zaydi sect erupted in 2004. Thousands have died in violence between the rebels and the government of this predominantly Sunni country.
Government officials blamed the bombing on rebel leader Abdel-Malek al-Hawthi and said six people had been arrested in Saada. Al-Hawthi denied involvement and charged that senior army officers staged the attack to stoke tensions.
May 3, 2008
Pg. 6
Yemen
SAN'A — A bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up amid a crowd of worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a mosque in a rebel stronghold of northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about four dozen, officials said.
The attack occurred in Saada, a city in a mountainous Shi'ite Muslim area on the border with Saudi Arabia where a rebellion by members of the al-Zaydi sect erupted in 2004. Thousands have died in violence between the rebels and the government of this predominantly Sunni country.
Government officials blamed the bombing on rebel leader Abdel-Malek al-Hawthi and said six people had been arrested in Saada. Al-Hawthi denied involvement and charged that senior army officers staged the attack to stoke tensions.