List of massacres in Yemen
This page lists all massacres occurring in Yemen, both before and after statehood.
List[]
Name | Date | Casualties | Perpetrator | Notes |
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1947 Aden pogrom | 1947 | 82 | Arab rioters | |
Kawma chemical attack | June 8, 1963 | 7 | Egyptian Air Force | Egyptian chemical attack during the North Yemen Civil War[1][2] |
January 15, 1967 | 140 | Egyptian Air Force | Egyptian chemical attack during the North Yemen Civil War[2][3][4] | |
Sanaa school shooting | 1997, March 30 | 6 | Mohammad Ahman al-Nazari | |
2007 Marib suicide car bombing | 2007, July 2 | 10 | Al-Qaeda | |
2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing | 2008, May 2 | 15 | Unknown | |
2015 Sanaa mosque bombings | 2015, March 20 | 142 | Islamic State | |
September 2015 Sanaa mosque bombing | September 24, 2015 | 25 | Unknown | |
Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden | 2016, March 4 | 16 | Unknown | |
May 2016 Yemen police bombings | 2016, May 15 | 47 | Islamic State | |
23 May 2016 Yemen bombings | 2016, May 23 | 45 | Islamic State | |
June 2016 Mukalla attacks | 2016, June 28 | 43-50 | Islamic State | |
Sanaa funeral airstrike | 2016, October 8 | 143-155 | Saudi Arabia | |
Dahyan bus air strike | 2018, August 9 | 51 | Saudi Arabia | |
January 2020 Marib attack | 2020, January 18 | 116 | Houthis | Ballistic missile on a mosque, killing 116 people, 111 of them soldiers. The Houthis denied responsibility.[5][6] |
2020 Aden airport attack | 2020, December 30 | 28 | Houthis |
References[]
- ^ Schmidt (1968), p. 257
- ^ a b "Egyptian CW Attacks on Yemen" (PDF). Nuclear Threat Initiative.
- ^ "Why the brutal war in Syria exposes the global cant on chemical weapons". The Indian Express. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ^ "The Tenuous Taboo: Egypt, ISIS, and Chemical Weapons in the Middle East". www.diplomaticourier.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ^ "Dozens of Yemeni soldiers killed in Marib military camp attack". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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