2008 Yemeni American embassy attack | |
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Location | Sana'a |
Date | September 17, 2008 9:15 a.m. (UTC+3) |
Target | U.S. embassy |
Attack type | Mass shooting, Suicide Bombing, Car Bomb |
Deaths | 12 (plus 6 attackers) |
Injured | At least 17 |
Perpetrators | ![]() ![]() |
Motive | Demand to release imprisoned Al-Qaeda members[1] |
The 2008 U.S. embassy attack in Yemen in Sana'a, Yemen on September 17, 2008, resulted in 18 deaths[2] and 16 injuries.[3] Six attackers, six Yemeni police and six civilians were killed.[4] This attack was the second occurring in the same year, after a mortar attack earlier in 2008 on March 18 missed the embassy and instead hit a nearby girls' school.[5] Islamic Jihad of Yemen, an al Qaeda affiliate, claimed responsibility for the attack.[4]
It threatened to launch a series of attacks unless Yemen freed several jailed members.
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