What the records say
- When
- 7 Jan 2015
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 38
- Coordinates
- 15.34° N, 44.21° E
- Description
- car bomb blast near police academy in Sanaa, Yemen
January 2015 Sanaa bombing
Terrorist attack in Yemen
On 7 January 2015, a car bomb was detonated in front of a police academy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing at least 38 people and injuring more than 60 others. This was the third major attack in the country in less than a month, after the deadliest attack in the country during 2014, as well as the second major bombing in less than a month, after the 2014 Rada' bombings and the 2014 Ibb bombing.
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