Attacks on mosques in Sanaa in 2015

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On March 20, 2015, at least 142 people were killed and 345 injured in a series of suicide attacks on two mosques in Sanaa, capital of Yemen . The attack is one of the most serious that can be assigned to the terrorist organization Islamic State and is the most serious terrorist attack in Yemen.

Sequence of events

The four suicide bombers blew themselves up in quick succession, first in the Badr Mosque in the south of Sanaa, then in the Al-Haschahush Mosque in the north of the city, killing several people with them. First, one of the perpetrators entered the Badr Mosque, detonated his explosive belt there during the Friday prayer, killing himself and several other people. When the survivors fled outside, a second suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd, killing several people as well. A little later, two almost identical acts occurred in and in front of the Al-Hashahush mosque. A fifth assassin was stopped before he could bomb a third mosque.

backgrounds

The attacks were aimed at the Shiite Houthi rebels , who had ousted the government and dissolved parliament a few weeks earlier. In the months before, they had fought a power struggle with the Yemeni President, Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi . In Yemen, meanwhile, there is a struggle for supremacy between al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

Reactions

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon condemned the bloody attacks. The Foreign Office said that the act was "another cynical attempt to incite hatred and violence between the population groups". In Yemen, several states, including Germany and the USA, closed their embassies due to the unrest.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Guardian (ed.): Yemen mosque bombings 'could only be done by the enemies of life' - president . March 21, 2015, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 4, 2016]).
  2. ↑ a b 142 dead in Yemen's capital Sanaa: ISIS is committed to attacks on mosques . In: BILD.de . ( bild.de [accessed on November 4, 2016]).
  3. ↑ a b tagesschau.de: More than 130 dead in attacks on mosques in Yemen. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .