40 killed in Yemen car bomb attack

SANAA - Forty people were killed Friday in a car bomb attack on a Shia procession in northern Yemen, Xinhua reports.

The attack took place in the Sihaar district of northern Saada province. Several people were wounded.

The procession was on its way to the funeral of Houthi spiritual leader Bader al-Deen al-Houthi, when the bomber detonated the explosives.