Yemenis involved in a Mosque attack arrested

The Yemeni minister of the Interior Hussein Arab said on Friday that five Yemenis were arrested suspected to be involved in the attack against a mosque in Yemen, resulted in killing four persons.

The Yemeni "September 26" daily issued on Friday quoted the Yemeni minister as saying that the police held in custody five Yemenis who were accused of opening fire on Sunday on persons who were praying in a mosque in Shueib village in the province of Lahj, south Yemen.

He paper added that the attack took place because of a tribal dispute and it had no connection to the local elections due to be held on February 20.