From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. They were the faithful adults and children who had gathered for friday prayers only to be targeted for death on a massive scale in a pair of suicide bombings. As many as 137 people are dead and more than 350 injured tonight. Victims of the attack against two mosques in sanaa, the capital city of yemen. Its a place where the u. S. For years now has been actively hunting down al qaeda terrorists. But a recent government overthrow has changed an already volatile landscape. And tonight for the second time this week it is isis claiming responsibility for a deadly terror attack that has rattled the region and beyond. Nbcs katy tur has the latest developments. Reporter the first bomb went off inside the mosque the second at the gates as those left standing tried to escape. In the pandemonium, worshippers rushed the wounded away while others prayed over the dead. Moments later,
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. They were the faithful, adults and children, who had gathered for friday prayers only to be targeted for death on a massive scale in a pair of suicide bombings. As many as 137 people are dead and more than 350 injured tonight. Victims of the attack against two mosques in sanaa, the capital city of yemen. Its a place where the u. S. For years now has been actively hunting down al qaeda terrorists. But a recent government overthrow has changed an already volatile landscape. And tonight for the second time this week, it is isis claiming responsibility for a deadly terror attack that has rattled the region and beyond. Nbcs katy tur has the latest developments. Reporter the first bomb went off inside the mosque, the second at the gates as those left standing tried to escape. In the pandemonium, worshippers rushed the wounded away while others prayed over the dead.
York, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. They were the faithful, adults and children who had gathered for friday prayers only to be targeted for death on a massive scale in a pair of suicide bombings. As many as 137 people are dead and more than 350 injured tonight. Victims of the attack against two mosques in sanaa, the capital city of yemen. Its a place where the u. S. For years now has been actively hunting down al qaeda terrorists. But a recent government overthrow has changed an already volatile landscape. And tonight for the second time this week, it is isis claiming responsibility for a deadly terror attack that has rattled the region and beyond. Nbcs katy tur has the latest developments. Reporter the first bomb went off inside the mosque, the second at the gates as those left standing tried to escape. In the pandemonium, worshippers rushed the wounded away while others prayed over the dead. Moments later, two more explosions at another mosqu