# List of massacres in Yemen

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

## List

| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Responsible party | Notes |
| Al-Waziri coup | 1948, February 17 - March | Kingdom of Yemen | 5,000 | al-Waziris | Attempted coup d'état by the Al-Waziri clan against dynasty in the Kingdom of Yemen leaves 5,000 dead |
| 1947 Aden pogrom | 1947, December 2-4 | Aden, Aden Protectorate | 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 | Kawma village | 7 | Egyptian Air Force | Egyptian chemical attack during the North Yemen Civil War |
| Kitaf chemical attack | January 15, 1967 | Kitaf village | 140 | Egyptian Air Force | Egyptian chemical attack during the North Yemen Civil War |
| Sanaa school shooting | 1997, March 30 | Sanaa | 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 | Marib | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 deadliest single event in the uprising. |
| 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings | 2015, March 20 | Sanaa | 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 | Sanaa | 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 | Uqban Island, Hodiedah | 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. |
| Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden | 2016, March 4 | Aden | 16 | Unknown | |
| Hajjah market airstrike | 2016, March 15 | Hajjah | 119+ | Saudi Arabia | The Saudi Arabian-led coalition launched two separate airstrikes on a crowded marketplace in Hajjah. |
| May 2016 Yemen police bombings | 2016, May 15 | Mukalla, Hadhramaut Governorate | 47 | Islamic State | |
| 23 May 2016 Yemen bombings | 2016, May 23 | Aden | 45 | Islamic State | |
| June 2016 Mukalla attacks | 2016, June 28 | Mukalla | 43-50 | Islamic State | |
| Sanaa funeral airstrike | 2016, October 8 | Sanaa | 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. |
| Bab-el-Mandeb massacre | 2017, March 16 | Bab-el-Mandeb | 42 | Saudi Arabia | The Saudi Arabian-led coalition attacked a Somali refugee boat with attack helicopters. |
| Dahyan bus airstrike | 2018, August 9 | Dahyan | 51 | Saudi Arabia | |
| Dhamar airstrike | 2019, August 31 | Dhamar | 100+ | Saudi Arabia | The Saudi Arabian-led coalition bombed a prison complex in Dhamar with six separate airstrikes, killing more than 100 civilians. |
| Saada prison airstrike | 2022, January 21 | Saada | 87+ | Saudi Arabia | Saudi airstrike on a prison in Saada kills at least 87 people and injures 266 |
| 2020 Aden airport attack | 2020, December 30 | Aden | 28 | Houthis | |
| 20 July 2024 Israeli attack on Yemen | 20 July 2024 | Al Hudaydah | 14+ | Israel | On 20 July 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched an attack on Hudaydah Port in Al Hudaydah, Yemen. The attack damaged a power generating station, an oil refinery, fuel storage facilities belonging to the Yemen Petroleum Corporation (YPC), and port cranes. Israel claimed it targeted weapon storage facilities. 14 people were killed, including 12 port employees and more than 90 were injured, many with severe burns. |