In the early 2010s, the Yemeni government, led by the nationalist General People's Congress Party, which was predominantly Sunni, waged an armed struggle against the Shiite Houthi movement.

According to military analyst Alexander Alesin, the main task was to assist in the maintenance of T-80BV tanks purchased by Yemen in Belarus in 2010.

One of the foreigners, an employee of the 140th repair plant Anatoly Mazynsky from Barysaw, died on the spot, and the second, whose identity is unknown, was seriously injured.

Two hours after the attack, motorcyclists (presumably the same ones who shot at the hotel) killed police officer Ahmed al-Jaadari on Khovlian Street.

Soon, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Savinykh [be][5] and the head of the State Military Industry [be] Sergei Gurulev [be][6] confirmed that the victims were Belarusians.