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.”