Sanaa: At least 20 people were killed and another 70 injured in attack of Shiite rebels on on a Sunni Islamist school in northern Yemen.
According to report on Sunday the attack on the Dar al-Hadith school that trains preachers in Dammaj, a suburb of the Shiite stronghold city of Saada.
Dar al-Hadith, which is attended by students from Yemen and many other countries, is seen as a Sunni threat by Shiite Huthis who dominate the northern region.
A teacher at Dar al-Hadith told AFP on condition of anonymity that Huthis had blocked off the area surrounding the religious school for two weeks, preventing the delivery of food to about 10,000 people.
The reports could not be immediately confirmed.
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