Multiple suicide bombings rock Yemen’s Sanaa

Four car bombs have hit three mosques and the
political headquarters of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in
Sanaa, a security official has said.
The blast that killed and wounded dozens on
Wednesday came as the delegations of rival sides
attending peace talks in Switzerland reported no
progress on the second day of a UN-sponsored push for
a truce.
“Four car bombs targeted the political bureau of
Ansarullah [Houthi movement], the Hashush mosque in
the Jiraf district, the Kibsi mosque in the Zira district
and the Qubat al-Khadra mosque, causing the
martyrdom and injury of dozens,” the official told the
Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity.
The attacks occured as Muslims around the world
prepared for the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
Ambulances rushed through the streets in northern and
central parts of the capital.
Earlier on Wednesday, Houthi fighters in central Yemen
blew up the home of a senior politician, Abdel-Aziz
Jubari, while he was attending the Geneva talks as a
member of the exiled government’s delegation.
Residents of Dhamar city said the Houthis, who had
taken over Jubari’s house in April, dynamited the
building early in the morning. Yemeni websites
published picture of its collapsed ceiling on top of a pile
of rubble.
Jubari, who is deputy head of the delegation sent to
Geneva by ousted President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi,
said he was shocked when he heard the news.
“This is regrettable that people’s manners and
behaviours can reach this point,” Jubari told Reuters in
Geneva.
“Of course my house is not the only house in Yemen …
A lot of people’s homes and properties have been
targeted in an unbelievable way.”