2024 al-Bayda bombing

On 19 March 2024, Houthi militants in Yemen blew up a house in the city of Radda, the capital of al-Bayda governorate, killing at least 12 people, nine of which are from the same family.

Background
A day before the attack, 2 Houthi fighters were killed in an ambush allegedly set up by the house's owner, Ibrahim al-Zalei. Local media reported that the Houthi attack targeted the homes of the Al-Naqus and Al-Zayla’i families in retaliation for the killing of two Houthi members, who were allegedly shot by a member of the latter family last Sunday.

The bombing
Houthis besieged the house and its surroundings in the district of Radea, in the Bayda early Tuesday, before booby-trapping the house and blowing it up, causing severe damage to neighboring buildings. They planted a vast network of mines in the corners of the destroyed homes, and are still besieging the neighborhood. They also carried out a campaign of house raids and widespread arrests of citizens.

Aftermath
The Musawa Organization for Rights and Liberties stated that the bombing has resulted in the collapse of 8 neighboring buildings.

They also stated that this crime left 9 dead from the family of the citizen Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi, who died along with his wife and all of his children. They are:


 * Saad Muhammad Al-Yarimi (33 years old)
 * Ali Muhammad Al-Yarimi (22 years old)
 * Jabali Muhammad Al-Yarimi (18 years old)
 * Ramzi Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (15 years old)
 * Mabrouka Muhammad Saad (19 years old)
 * Karima Ahmed Al-Adadi, wife of Ibrahim Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi, who was injured in the incident

in addition to 9 other wounded from the same Al-Yarimi family and other families, namely:

According to the Musawa organization, the houses that the Houthis blew up were:
 * Khairiya Al-Fara’ (30 years old),
 * Ibrahim Saad Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (2 years old)
 * Lutfiya Saad Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (5 years old)
 * Muhammad Saad Muhammad Saad Al-Yarimi (9 years old)
 * Haj Ahmed Al-Khalabi (60 years old), who was recovered from under the rubble with his wife
 * Aisha Al-Khalabi (55 years old)
 * Ali Ahmed Al-Khalbi, who was kidnapped by the Houthis and is in "serious conditions."


 * The house of Muhammad Al-Yarimi
 * Two houses of Ibrahim Al-Zayla’i
 * The house of Alawi Al-Majjar
 * The house of Al-Naqus
 * The house of citizen Ahmed Khalbi, the house of citizen Saleh Hadi, and the house of Al-Fayeh.

Reactions

 * Yemeni Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani said the bombing led to the collapse of nearby houses, killing at least 12, most of them women and children, with 20 more still buried under the debris, he also accused the Houthis of adopting a "policy of bombing houses and forcibly displacing their residents as an approach to terrorize citizens" in revenge against opponents of their coup.
 * Houthi-run Interior Ministry said detonating the house was an “irresponsible reaction” by security forces who used “excessive force in an illegal way” while pursuing suspects behind Monday's ambush. It said an investigation committee has been formed to bring those involved to justice.