Blast in Mocha kills eight, injures 20 

English - Tuesday 29 January 2019 الساعة 03:55 pm
Mocha - NewsYemen.net

Around eight people have been killed and 20 others injured in a blast in the central district of Mocha in Taiz province on Monday, a medical source said to Newsyemen. 

Abu Dhabi Satellite Channel, a number of Yemeni civilians, and two Africans were killed in the blast taken place in a crowded place in Mocha. 

Zeyad al-Shara'bi who was working at Abu Dhabi channel as a producer was killed in the blast and the channel correspondent Faisal al-Dhubhani was injured. 

Two Somali refugee children were killed in the blast, according to a local source in Mocha.

Four workers at Hayel Cafeteria in Mocha were also killed also in the blast, all of them are al-Ma'aqem village of al-Juma'a zone in the eastern part of Mocha.

Some injured cases were rushed to Aden province to receive treatment, including children.