Wadi Dawan (Arabic: وَادِي دَوْعَن, romanized: Wādī Daw‘an) is a town and desert valley in central Yemen. Located in Hadhramaut Governorate, it is noted for its mud brick buildings.
Wadi Dawan
Location in Yemen
Country
• Total
3,546 km2 (1,369 sq mi)
1,358 m (4,455 ft)
• Total
50,992
UTC+03:00 (Yemen Standard Time)
Website
https://www.had-wadidoan.info/
On January 18, 2008, an ambush attackonBelgian tourists traveling in a convoy through the valley took place. A convoy of four jeeps carrying 15 tourists to Shibam were ambushed by gunmen in a hidden pickup truck.[1] Two Belgian women, Claudine Van Caillie, of Bruges, 63, and Katrine Glorie, from East Flanders, 54, as well as two Yemenis, a driver and a guide, were killed; another man was also heavily wounded, several others suffered minor wounds.[2] The tourists were repatriated to Belgium on January 19, except the for injured man, who remained in Sana'a.[3]
In the wake of the attack, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht originally rejected that Al-Qaeda might be responsible, explaining that although the possibility could be avoided, internecine disputes and latent Islamism were also to be taken into account.[2] A number of arrests were made on January 21.[4]
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