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Thousands attend funeral in Yemen for Shi'ites killed in bomb attack

2012-11-29 311 Dailymotion

(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims took part in a funeral procession on Thursday (November 29) for three Shi'ite men who were killed in a bomb attack in Sanaa.<br/> <br />Saturday's (November 24) attack targeted the first public commemoration of the anniversary of the death of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad in the Yemeni capital in half a century.<br/> <br />People carried the coffins of the three men killed from a mosque in al-Jeraf neighbourhood where the attack took place as well as large banners with their pictures. Others held banners blaming America for the violence, with one reading: "America will not succeed in instilling sectarian violence through such bombings."<br/> <br />No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but al Qaeda and its affiliates, comprising Sunni Muslim militants, have targeted Shi'ites in the past.

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