(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />People marched to commemorate the anniversary of the death of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad in the Yemeni capital for the first time in half a century on Saturday (November 24). The crowd chanted 'Death to Israel' and 'Victory to Islam' as they marched through the city.<br/> <br />At least three Shi'ite Muslims were killed on the same day in a bomb attack targeting the anniversary gathering. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but al Qaeda and its affiliates, comprising Sunni Muslim militants, have targeted Shi'ites in the past.<br/> <br />Medics and local officials said 13 other people were also wounded in the attack at a hall where Shi'ites were leaving a ceremony after the Ashura rituals which recall the death of Imam Hussein in Iraq in the year 680 AD.<br/> <br />A statement issued by the Houthis, a Shi'ite armed group based in northern Yemen, said the attackers also sprayed the crowd with gunfire and fled.<br/> <br />"We condemn this attack and consider the safety of Yemeni citizens the responsibility of the so-called national unity government," the statement said.
