43 dead in suicide attack in Yemen capital: medics

A powerful suicide bomb in the Yemeni capital on Thursday killed at least 43 people in an attack on supporters of Shiite insurgents who have overrun the city, medics said.

A powerful suicide bomb in the Yemeni capital on Thursday killed at least 43 people in an attack on supporters of Shiite insurgents who have overrun the city, medics said.

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Dozens more were wounded in the blast which struck Sanaa's Al-Tahrir square as supporters of the rebels were preparing to stage a protest, medics and rebel sources said.

Medics at nearby Police Hospital sent urgent calls for doctors to help cope with a high number of casualties.