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| 2008 attack on the United States embassy in Yemen | |
|---|---|
| Part of the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen | |
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| Location | Dhahr Himyar District, Sanaa, Yemen |
| Coordinates | 15°22′24″N 44°13′48″E / 15.3732°N 44.2299°E |
| Date | 17 September 2008 c. 09:15 a.m. AST (UTC+03:00) |
| Target | US embassy |
Attack type | Suicide car bombing, mass shooting |
| Weapons | Car bombs, rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifles |
| Deaths | 19 (including 7 attackers) |
| Injured | 16 |
| Perpetrator |  Al-Qaeda in the Southern Arabian Peninsula |
No. of participants | 7 |
On 17 September 2008, a group of seven militants attacked the United States embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. The attackers first attempted to infiltrate the embassy compound disguised as security forces, but later resorted to an attempt to breach the wall of the embassy with a suicide car bomb after they were compromised, though the bombing failed as the vehicle had detonated from an inner security checkpoint before reaching the target. The attack killed 19 people, including the attackers, and injured 16, though no embassy staff of diplomats were killed or injured.
While initially claimed by a previously unknown group, responsibility for the attack was later attributed to al-Qaeda in the Southern Arabian Peninsula (AQSAP).