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Five killed in Yemen mosque shooting

Five people have been killed and 12 wounded after a gunman opened fire inside a mosque in Yemen.

A man opened fire on worshippers in a mosque in the village of Kahal, 60km north of Yemen's capital city Sanaa.

The shooting occurred a day after the authorities announced they had broken up an al-Qaeda cell in the capital Sanaa and arrested 11 suspects.