As much as folks in DK like to make a distinction between AQ-AP and Daesh, explosives have no sectarian ideology and people continue to perish. One bomber disguised the explosives as a leg cast and the other used a vest.
Diplomatic sources described Friday's bombings as the worst mass-casualty attack on civilian life in Yemen in modern memory.
Friday’s suicide bombings during midday prayers at two mosques in Yemen that killed more than 100 and injured hundreds more were likely the work of the Islamic State terror group and not Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Yemeni diplomats told Fox News Friday.
ISIS militants claimed credit for the attacks in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, as the nation continued its collapse into chaos, terror and death amid fighting between Islam’s two major sects.
"Let the polytheist Houthis know that the soldiers of the Islamic State will not rest and will not stay still until they extirpate them," the group said in a statement posted by supporters on Twitter, claiming responsibility for the attacks.
The AQAP formally issued denial of responsibility and sources say that historically, AQAP has tried to limit civilian casualties, so the extremely high civilian death toll of Friday’s attacks-- including scores of children-- point to a different organization.
Dr. Alia Saria, head of emergency services at Yemen's Ministry of Public Health and Population, confirmed the death toll to NBC News and said "hundreds" were injured. Mohammed Albasha, Yemen's spokesperson in Washington, put the number of injured above 300. Albasha said the bombers struck Badr and al-Hashoosh mosques during Friday prayers — traditionally the busiest time of the week. Both mosques were hit by two bombers using similar tactics: one would detonate explosives inside the building while the second waited outside for people to flee before blowing himself up, Albasha explained.