Sanaa - AFP
The blast that wounded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on June 3 was caused by one of many bombs planted in a mosque, a Western diplomat said Thursday, adding that the others failed to explode.
Saleh was wounded by a TNT explosive, the diplomat said in Sanaa.
A Yemeni security official confirmed other bombs failed to go off.
\"Five explosives planted inside the mosque and another planted outside did not explode,\" the official told AFP.