Incident Date:
April 29, 2008
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Sanaa Yemen
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Gas/oil)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "04/29/2008: A bomb exploded outside the offices of a Canadian oil firm, Nexen Petroleum, in the Haddah neighborhood in Sanaa, San'a, Yemen. The bomb was tossed into a corner of a cinema adjacent to the building and a second bomb was found by the door of a nearby restaurant and defused. There were no casualties; however, the bombing caused minor damage to the wall of the building. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing."
References: 1) GTD 1970-2012 data file
2) Janes DB
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