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Unidentified attackers have fire-bombed a mosque in northern Yemen, injuring about 30 people, officials have said.Unidentified attackers have fire-bombed a mosque in northern Yemen, injuring about 30 people, officials have said.
Attackers burst into the mosque and sprayed worshippers with petrol before setting them alight, according to Yemen's official news agency, Saba. Yemeni security forces said on Saturday they had arrested a man apparently responsible for the attack.
Eight people had suffered serious burns, a local official told Saba. Two assailants burst into the mosque during Friday prayers, spraying worshippers with petrol before setting them alight, Yemeni news sources said.
The attack took place in Amran province, to the south of an area where government forces are battling against Shia Muslim militants. At least six people appear to have suffered serious burns and were taken to hospital in the capital, Sanaa.
Others were treated in local hospitals.
InvestigationInvestigation
The attack took place in Amran province, to the south of an area where government forces are battling against Shia Muslim militants.
But there was no immediate sign of any connection to the rebels, who usually attack security forces and do not regularly operate in Amran.
It was not immediately clear if the mosque was used by Sunni or Shia worshippers.It was not immediately clear if the mosque was used by Sunni or Shia worshippers.
"Security authorities are investigating to identify the assailants and the motives of this criminal act," Saba quoted Amran's Governor Taha Hajar as saying. Yemen's 26 September newspaper said the attack was considered "strange" by Yemeni officials.
The most seriously injured people were taken to hospital in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Others were treated in local hospitals. "Security authorities are investigating to identify the assailants and the motives of this criminal act," the official Saba news agency quoted Amran's Governor Taha Hajar as saying.
The government says the rebel fighters are followers of a Shia cleric, Hussein al-Houthi, and are drawn from the country's Zaidi Shia minority.
It accuses the rebels of wanting to set up clerical rule in Yemen.