Terrorist attack
Open on the mapIn Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers
12 Oct 2000 · 12.80° N, 45.01° E
What the records say
- When
- 12 Oct 2000
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 12.80° N, 45.01° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, USS Cole bombing.
Summary
In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Атака на американский эсминец USS Cole (DDG-67) в порту Адена (Йемен)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “米艦コール襲撃事件発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page