2009 Yemeni tourist attacks

2009 Yemen tourist attacks
Location	Shibam, Yemen
Date	15 March 2009 (first attack) 18 March 2009 (second attack)
Target	South Korean tourists
Attack type	Suicide bombings
Deaths	5 (+2 perpetrators)
Injured	4
Perpetrators	Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Two explosions targeting tourists in Yemen took place in mid-March 2009. Sixteen South Korean tourists were in Shibam, Yemen, at the time of the first blast. Four Korean tourists alongside their local Yemeni guide were killed in the first attack on 15 March, while three more tourists were injured. Relatives of the victims were involved in the second blast on 18 March but the only fatality was the bomber. The initial attack followed numerous calls by members of the Al-Qaeda military network to attack visitors in the region.^[1]