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Multiple deaths and injuries are reported in Sanaa, Yemen, after a suicide bomber attack on two mosques in the center of the capital during Friday prayers, police and witnesses say.

Dozens dead in Yemen mosques bombings, ISIS ‘claims’ responsibility (GRAHIC IMAGES)

Published time: March 20, 2015 10:32
Edited time: March 20, 2015 14:55

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People react after being injured in bomb attack inside a mosque in Sanaa March 20, 2015. (Reuters / Khaled Abdullah)

Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide bomb attack, according to their statement cited by Reuters.Multiple deaths and injuries are reported in Sanaa, Yemen, after a suicide bomber attack on two mosques in the center of the capital during Friday prayers, police and witnesses say.

At least 87 people were killed and 260 more were wounded, a medical source told Reuters on Friday. There are conflicting reports on the number of casualties as they keep rising. CNN cited two Houthi officials who said the death toll had risen to 120 people, while 300 more were injured. Reports from Al-Jazeera suggest 90 have died, with least 280 injured.

The attacks took place in Badr mosque and Hashush in Yemeni capital. Some witnesses said they heard at least three blasts in one of the mosques.

One witness, cited by Reuters, said he heard two successive blasts at the Badr mosque.

"I was going to pray at the mosque then heard the first explosion, and a second later I heard another one," he said.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks.

The mosques in the center of Sanaa are known to be used mainly by supporters of the Shiite Muslim Houthi group which, earlier this year seized power in Yemen forcing President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to resign.

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The Yemeni parliament rejected Hadi’s resignation. The president managed to escape from house-arrest and flee to the south of the country. He is now attempting to govern the country from the port city of Aden.

Hadi enjoys the support of the West as well as the Gulf States.

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The Houthis support former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The blast comes a day after intense gun battles in Aden between troops loyal to Yemen's former and current president left 13 dead, according to AP.