List of massacres in Yemen

This page lists all massacres occurring in Yemen, both before and after statehood.

List
Name Date Casualties Perpetrator Notes
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]
Kitaf chemical attack 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
  1. Schmidt (1968), p. 257
  2. "Egyptian CW Attacks on Yemen" (PDF). Nuclear Threat Initiative.
  3. "Why the brutal war in Syria exposes the global cant on chemical weapons". The Indian Express. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  4. "The Tenuous Taboo: Egypt, ISIS, and Chemical Weapons in the Middle East". www.diplomaticourier.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  5. "Dozens of Yemeni soldiers killed in Marib military camp attack". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2021-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Yemen: death toll rises to 116 from suspected Houthi missile attack". the Guardian. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2021-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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