2014 Radda bombings
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| location = Radda District, Yemen
| target = Houthis
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| date = {{start date|2014|12|16}}
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| type = Car bomb, suicide bombing
| fatalities = 31
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| perpetrators= al-Qaeda
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{{Campaignbox Yemeni Crisis}}
The 2014 Rada' bombings occurred on December 16, 2014, after two car bombs exploded in Radda District, Al Bayda Governorate, Yemen killing as many as 31 people, including 20 children.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30504641|title=Yemen car bomb attacks 'kill 15 children'|work=BBC News|date=16 December 2014 |accessdate=29 June 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-carbombs-idUSKBN0JU1SO20141216|title=Two car bombs explode in central Yemen killing 25|work=Reuters|date=16 December 2014 |accessdate=29 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/twin-yemen-car-bombs-leave-dozens-dead-2014121615352245192.html|title=Bomb killed 25 people in Yemen|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=December 16, 2014|accessdate=December 16, 2014}}
Bombings
Al-Qaeda militants were targeting Houthi militants. The first bomb struck a gathering point where a group of Houthis were located. The first car was filled with potatoes and had the bombs hidden underneath. The second bomb was intended to hit the home of Abdullah Idris, a Shiite rebel leader. The bomb did not make it far enough and blew up next to a bus that was carrying children home from school.{{cite web|last1=Al-Hej|first1=Ahmed|title=2 bombers kill 26 including 26 students in Yemen|url=http://www.wncn.com/story/27637299/yemen-government-confidence-vote-derailed|publisher=WNCN|accessdate=17 December 2014|archive-date=17 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217214444/http://www.wncn.com/story/27637299/yemen-government-confidence-vote-derailed|url-status=dead}} Altogether, up to 31 people died from the bombings, including 20 children.{{cite web|last1=Almasmari|first1=Hakim|title=Bomb meant for militants kills 20 children in Yemen, officials say|date=16 December 2014 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/16/world/meast/yemen-violence/|publisher=CNN|access-date=16 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=Dozens, including 20 children, killed in Yemen suicide blasts|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/dozens-including-20-children-killed-in-yemen-suicide-blasts-1.1427890|publisher=gulfnews|accessdate=16 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=Two Car Bombs Kill 25 in Yemen|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-car-bombs-kill-15-schoolgirls-10-rebels-in-yemen-1418745733|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=16 December 2014|archive-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216213243/http://www.wsj.com/articles/two-car-bombs-kill-15-schoolgirls-10-rebels-in-yemen-1418745733|url-status=dead}}
Reaction
The United Nations responded to the bombings, stating "The attack on the schoolchildren on Tuesday in Yemen and other countries aroused a great sadness and must not be allowed to continue."{{cite web|title=As 16 schoolgirls killed, UN condemns violence in Yemen|url=http://www.sabanews.net/en/news380389.htm|publisher=Saba Net|accessdate=17 December 2014}}
References
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Category:2014 murders in Yemen
Category:Car and truck bombings in 2014
Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Yemen
Category:Suicide bombings in 2014
Category:Terrorist incidents in Yemen in 2014
Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Category:December 2014 in Yemen
Category:Al Bayda Governorate in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
Category:Yemeni civil war (2014–present) crimes
Category:21st-century mass murder in Yemen
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