Wadi Dawan attack
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Wadi Dawan attack | |
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Location | Hadhramaut, Yemen |
Date | January 18, 2008 (UTC+3) |
Target | Belgian tourists |
Attack type | Ambush |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 4 |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
The Wadi Dawan attack was an ambush attack on Belgian tourists traveling in a convoy through Hadhramaut in the Wadi Dawan desert valley on January 18, 2008.
Details[edit]
A convoy of four jeeps carrying 15 tourists to Shibam was ambushed by gunmen in a hidden pickup truck.[1] Two Belgian women, Claudine Van Caillie, of Bruges, 63, and Katrine Glorie, from East Flanders, 54, as well as two Yemenis, a driver and a guide, were killed; another man was also heavily wounded, several others suffered minor wounds.[2] The tourists were repatriated to Belgium on January 19, except the injured man, who remained in Sanaa.[3]
In the wake of the attack, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht originally rejected that Al-Qaeda might be responsible, explaining that although the possibility could be avoided, internecine disputes and latent Islamism also to be taken into account.[2] A number of arrests were made on January 21.[4]
Reactions[edit]
- President of the European Council Slovenia released a statement saying "The EU Presidency strongly condemns all forms of violence and calls on the government of Yemen to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice."[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ BBC NEWS - Al-Qaeda attack Belgian Tourists
- ^ a b (in French) Deux Belges tuées au Yémen, Le Soir, January 18, 2008.
- ^ (in French) Yémen: les touristes belges rapatriés, Le Soir, January 19, 2008.
- ^ (in French) Plusieurs suspects arrêtés au Yémen, Le Soir, January 21, 2008.
- ^ Belgian Tourists Return Home From Yemen Ordeal, ArabNews, 20 January 2008.
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