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Security authorities in the governorate of Amran arrested Saturday the person who set fire to a mosque in Amran and caused the injury of 33 worshippers on Friday.

The September.net reported that the caught person called Hamid al-Shoumi and interrogation was nconducted with him so that to senfd him to court.

Head of the district of al-Souda where the incident happned had said 33 persons from the village of al-Muaamera had been exposed to burning while they were performing the Friday prayers.






About 30 Muslim worshippers are reported to have been injured after they were locked in a mosque in northern Yemen and set on fire.

Unidentified attackers poured fuel over the group before locking the doors of their mosque and setting it alight, the official Saba news agency reported on Saturday.


The attack took place in the northern province of Amran, south of Saada.




"Security authorities are investigating to identify the assailants and the motives of this criminal act," Saba quoted Taha Hajar, Amran's governor as saying.


Eight victims in critical condition were taken to the capital Sana’a, while 22 were admitted to local hospitals for treatment for burns, the agency said.

Several people suffered from smoke inhalation.

Saba said the attack was the third in Amran.

In 2001, a man opened fire at worshippers, killing three, and in 2003 a bomb exploded in a mosque killing one man and wounding 50, Saba said.