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Suicide bombing hits Yemen capital Suicide bomber targets rebel rally in Yemen's capital
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A deadly suicide bomb has ripped through the heart of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, causing multiple casualties, witnesses say. At least 20 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a demonstration in the heart of the Yemeni capital.
At least 10 people were reported to have died in Tahrir Square, in the centre of the city, which appeared to target a Shia checkpoint and rally. The attack ripped through Sanaa's Tahrir Square, a central plaza currently held by Zaidi Shia rebels.
The bombing comes amid continuing political instability in Yemen. The rally had been called by the Houthis to protest against the president's choice of prime minister, who has now turned down the post.
Al-Qaeda's local offshoot has vowed to fight Yemens's Shia Houthis, who recently took control of Sanaa. Al-Qaeda's local offshoot has vowed to fight the Houthis, whose fighters overran the capital last month.
A policeman who witnessed the explosion said he saw a man wearing a suicide belt approaching a Houthi checkpoint in Tahrir Square.
"He then exploded amid the security and ordinary people nearby," he told the Reuters news agency.
A photographer working for AFP described seeing the bodies of four children amid the carnage.
Later, at least seven soldiers were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on an army position in the eastern province of Hadramawt.
Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for Thursday's bombings. However, both bear the hallmarks of similar attacks carried out by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).