List of massacres in Yemen

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

List

Name	Date	Deaths	Responsible party	Notes
1947 Aden pogrom	1947	82	Arab rioters	Attacks against the Jewish community of Aden following the approval of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine on 29 November 1947
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	The perpetrator, who believed that his daughter had been molested by school authorities, went on a shooting rampage at the Tala'i Private School, where he walked from classroom to classroom shooting teachers and students alike. After the shooting he left the building for the Musa Bin Nusayr School where he committed another attack. Nazari was sentenced to death and executed on 5 April 1997.
2007 Marib suicide car bombing	2007, July 2	10	Al-Qaeda	Eight Spanish tourists and two Yemenis are killed and another twelve are wounded in a suicide bombing attack at the Queen of Sheba temple. [5]
2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing	2008, May 2	15	Unknown	15 killed and 55 injured in a bombing at the Bin Salman mosque.[6]
Friday of Dignity Massacre	2011, March 18	45	Yemeni Government	Government forces opened fire upon protesters during the Yemeni revolution, killing 45 people and wounding 200. It was the deadliest single event in the uprising.[7][8]
2015 Sanaa mosque bombings	2015, March 20	142	Islamic State	Militants carried out four suicide bombings at the Badr and al-Hashoosh Shia mosques during prayers
September 2015 Sanaa mosque bombing	September 24, 2015	25	Islamic State	a double suicide bombing was carried out by Islamic State at a mosque in Sanaa, killing at least 25 people
Uqban Island massacre	2015, October 22	100+	Saudi Arabia	The Saudi Arabian-led coalition attacked fishermen near the Uqban island, near Hodiedah using attack helicopters. Red Cross reported that possibly up to one hundred fishermen were killed.[9]
Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden	2016, March 4	16	Unknown
Hajjah market airstrike	2016, March 15	119+	Saudi Arabia	The Saudi Arabian-led coalition launched two separate airstrikes on a crowded marketplace in Hajjah.[10]
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	The Saudi Arabian-led coalition bombed a funeral in the capital Sanaa, hitting the crowd with several airstrikes. Around 150 civilians were killed.[11]
Massacre in Bab-el-Mandeb	2017, March 16	42	Saudi Arabia	The Saudi Arabian-led coalition attacked a Somali refugee boat with attack helicopters.[12]
Dahyan bus airstrike	2018, August 9	51	Saudi Arabia
Dhamar airstrike	2019, August 31	100+	Saudi Arabia	The Saudi Arabian-led coalition bombed a prison complex in Dhamar with six separate airstrikes, killing more than 100 civilians.
2020 Aden airport attack	2020, December 30	28	Houthis

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