28 killed in attack on Shiites in Yemen claimed by ISIS


Police officers inspecting the site of a car bomb attack in Sanaa, which reportedly killed at least 28 people. -- PHOTO: REUTERS.

SANAA (AFP) - At least 28 people, including eight women, were killed in an attack on the residence of two leaders of the Shiite Houthi rebels in Sanaa on Monday night, a Yemeni medical source said.

The car bomb attack in the Yemeni capital was claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Sunni militant group in a statement posted online.

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