2008 Wadi Dawan ambush
| 2008 Wadi Dawan ambush | |
|---|---|
| Part of the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen | |
Wadi Dawan | |
| Location | Wadi Dawan, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen |
| Date | 18 January 2008 c. 12:15 p.m. AST (UTC+03:00) |
| Target | Belgian tourist convoy |
Attack type | Mass shooting, ambush |
| Weapon | Automatic rifles |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrators | Al-Qaeda in Yemen
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On 18 January 2008, a convoy of Belgian tourists was ambushed while travelling through the Wadi Dawan in Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen. The convoy was attacked by four gunmen waiting in a pickup truck, killing two tourists and two Yemeni drivers, along with injuring four others. The attack was claimed by the Jund al-Yemen Brigades, an offshoot of al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY).