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Yemen mosque attacks, 126 dead, 260 injured

Suicide bombers kill at least 126 and injure at least 260 in Sanaa, Yemen on Friday. A group claiming to be the Islamic State in Yemen claimed responsibility. Friday’s bombing was the deadliest terror attack in Yemen in recent years. Four suicide bombers targeted two mosques frequented by Shi’ite Houthi rebels in the capital city of Sanaa. One suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside the Badr mosque, witnesses told Al Jazeera. A second bomber then targeted panicked crowds who were gathered outside the mosque. The Al Hashoosh mosque was also targeted. A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside and a car bomb was detonated outside according to two Houthi officials as reported by CNN.Sanaa hospitals were in need of blood donors to treat the massive influx of patients. Reuters is reporting 126 dead and 260 injured. The bombings occurred at the same time that unidentified warplanes attacked the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden for the second day in a row.A third mosque the Sadaa province was also targeted but the suicide bomber only killed himself when the bomb detonated early. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the mosques according to Twitter accounts linked to the terrorist group.