Incident Summary:

06/09/2016: Assailants abducted an unspecified number of imams in Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthi extremists.

Overview

GTD ID:
201606090040

When:
2016-06-09

Country:
Yemen

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Amanat Al Asimah

City:
Sanaa

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Religious Figures/Institutions
Name of Entity	Unknown
Specific Description	Imams
Nationality of Target	Yemen

Additional Information
Hostages	Yes
Number of Hostages	Unknown
US Hostages	0
Outcome	Unknown
Ransom	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Unknown

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Houthi extremists (Ansar Allah)	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	Unknown
Total Number of Fatalities	Unknown
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	Unknown
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Gulf of Aden Security Review - June 9, 2016," Critical Threats, June 9, 2016."