Many Injured in Grenade Attack On Mosque

An unidentified attacker has reportedly thrown a hand grenade into the largest mosque in Ethiopia’s capital, injuring at least 16 people, officials said.

Information Minister Getachew Reda told Al Jazeera that no one died in the attack, which occured at the Anwar Mosque in Addis Ababa after Friday prayers.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Police and security officials quickly descended to the scene and prevented an Al Jazeera camera crew from filming at the mosque.

Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford, reporting from Addis Ababa, said tensions were high in the city on Friday night.