2013 Sanaa shootings

2013 militant attack in Yemen 2013 Sanaa shootings Yemeni crisis (2011–present) Sanaa, Yemen 26 November 2013 shooting 3 (1 died in hospital) 1 (died in hospital) ShababFlag.svg Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula On November 26, 2013, unidentified persons carried out two attacks in Sanaa, Yemen. The victims of the attacks were two Military specialists of Belarus Belarusian military specialists be Ваенныя спецыялісты Беларусі and a Yemeni policeman. Background In the early 2010s, the Yemeni government, led by the nationalist General People's Congress Party, which was predominantly Sunni, waged an armed struggle against the Shiite Houthi movement. The third force in the conflict were the south Yemeni separatists and Islamist groups. At least two Belarusians were sent in 2013 to support the Yemeni security forces. According to the official statement of the Belarusian government, they worked in the protection of the president. According to military analyst Alexander Alesin, the main task was to assist in the maintenance of T-80BV tanks purchased by Yemen in Belarus in 2010.Александр Алесин. Списанные в Беларуси танки воюют в Йемене // Naviny.by (20 октября 2014) These vehicles were repeatedly used during the fighting.Несколько белорусских танков Т-80БВ потеряно в бою с повстанцами в Йемене https://web.archive.org/web/20210423185451/https://42.tut.by/432301 2021-04-23 // TUT.BY, 21 января 2015 Attacks At 9:15 a.m. on November 26, 2013, when leaving the Amsterdam Hotel in the center of Sanaa, Belarusians came under fire from militants who drove up to the building on a motorcycle. The militants were armed with a pistol or a machine gun with a silencer. One of the foreigners, an employee of the 140th repair plant Anatoly Mazynsky from Barysaw, died on the spot, and the second, whose identity is unknown, was seriously injured. Two hours after the attack, motorcyclists (presumably the same ones who shot at the hotel) killed police officer Ahmed al-Jaadari on Khovlian Street. On November 27, it became known that the second Belarusian victim died of wounds in the hospital.МВД Йемена подтвердило убийство двух военных советников из Белоруссии // Рамблер, 27 ноября 2013Расстрелянные в Йемене белорусы работали по официальным контрактам // РИА Новости, 27 ноября 2013 Reaction Initially, the media reported that the victims of the attack at the hotel were Russians. However, the press attache of the Russian embassy in Yemen, Nikolai Lyagushin, called the victims Belarusians, refuting the information about Russian citizens. According to him, they worked in the country under a private contract, and the diplomatic mission provided all the necessary assistance to the victims. The representative of the Yemeni Foreign Ministry, colonel Mohammed al-Mauri, said that foreigners are military specialists. According to Maria Vanshina, deputy head of the Information Department of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, the Belarusian side has started checking this information. Soon, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Savinykh be Андрэй Уладзіміравіч СавіныхДва белоруса стали жертвами нападения в Йемене: один убит, второй в критическом состоянии https://web.archive.org/web/20210423185451/https://news.tut.by/society/376356.html 2021-04-23 // TUT.BY, 26 ноября 2013 and the head of the State Military-Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus State Military Industry be Дзяржаўны ваенна-прамысловы камітэт Рэспублікі Беларусь Sergei Gurulev be Сяргей Пятровіч ГурулёўВоенные, которые пострадали в Йемене, работали по белорусскому контракту https://web.archive.org/web/20190120093533/https://news.tut.by/accidents/376480.html 2019-01-20 // TUT.BY, 27 ноября 2013 confirmed that the victims were Belarusians. Attackers No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Yemeni media speculated that the attack was a retaliatory action by Al-Qaeda. Two days earlier, government aircraft destroyed 12 members of the terrorist network.После обстрела белорусов в Йемене боевики совершили новое убийство // РБК, 26 ноября 2013 See also Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen 2013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack References External links Mohammed Ghobari. Gunmen kill two Belarus military instructors in Yemen // Reuters (NOVEMBER 26, 2013). 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