What is 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} The '''2015 Sana'a mosque bombings''' were a [[wikt:series|series]] of four [[suicide attack|suicide]] bombings. They happened during [[Zuhr prayer|midday prayers]] on March 20, 2015 in [[Sana'a]], [[Yemen]], killing 142 people.<ref name=AN>{{cite web|url=http://www.albawaba.com/news/two-mosques-yemen-attacked-suicide-bombers-during-friday-prayers-many-injured-671470|title=Death toll hits 142 from attacks in Yemen mosques|publisher=Albawaba News|date=March 20, 2015|access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> It left 357 people [[injured]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/2-suicide-bombings-target-shiite-rebels-mosque-yemen-103837912.html|title=3 suicide bombings target Shiite rebel mosques in Yemen|publisher=Yahoo News|last=Al-Haj|first=Ahmed|date=March 21, 2015|access-date=March 21, 2015|archive-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320192019/http://news.yahoo.com/2-suicide-bombings-target-shiite-rebels-mosque-yemen-103837912.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[mosque]]s were mainly [[wikt:attend|attend]]ed by [[Houthis]] supporters.<ref name=AN/> The Houthis are the ruling [[Political faction|faction]] in Sana'a.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/02/yemen-houthi-rebels-announce-presidential-council-150206122736448.html |title=Yemen's Houthis form own government in Sanaa |publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network |access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> [[Islamic State]] later claimed that they were behind the [[bombing]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31989844|title=Yemen crisis: Islamic State claims Sanaa mosque attacks|publisher=BBC|date=March 21, 2015|access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{asia-stub}} {{hist-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sana'a mosque bombings, 2015}} [[Category:2015 in Asia]] [[Category:2010s building bombings]] [[Category:2010s explosions in Asia]] [[Category:2010s in Yemen]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2015]] [[Category:Attacks on mosq