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During the morning of 24 September 2015, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb during prayers for Eid-al-Adha, in Balili mosque, a Shiite mosque in Sana'a. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As worshippers who had survived the explosion tried to escape, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt at the mosque's entrance.
Medical officials report that at least 20 people were killed by the mosque bombings in Yemen Wednesday.
2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing: 2008, May 2: Bin Salman Mosque, Sanaa 15 Unknown 15 killed and 55 injured in a bombing at the Bin Salman mosque. [7] Friday of Dignity Massacre: 2011, March 18: Sanaa 45 Yemeni Government: Government forces opened fire upon protesters during the Yemeni revolution, killing 45 people and wounding 200. It was the ...
The blasts killed 137 people and wounded more than 357, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Yemen's history. [7] [8] [9] One suicide bomber blew up outside the gate of al-Badr mosque when he was caught by militia guards, and the second detonated his device among fleeing people inside the mosque. Another pair of bombers blew up at Al ...
The mosque was the site of fighting during the conflict between Houthi and pro-Saleh forces in December 2017. [6] At the time, rumours circulated in Sanaa that the Houthis intended to repaint the mosque's dome green. [7] The Saleh Mosque appears on the Yemeni currency. It is depicted on the face of the 2009 issue 250-rial note. [8]
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - One of the two officers at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen who shot and killed a pair of suspected al-Qaida gunmen was getting a haircut at a barbershop when the attempted abduction ...
On 18 January 2020, a drone and missile attack on a mosque in a military camp near Marib killed at least 111 Yemeni soldiers during evening prayers. Dozens more were injured. [4] [2] No group claimed responsibility, although the Houthi movement is suspected and was accused of carrying out the attack.
The shooting comes months after an imam at the Omar Mosque in Paterson, about 15 miles north of Newark, was stabbed while leading prayers. The suspect, Serif Zorba, was arrested on several charges ...