Abdallah al-Hubal

Abdallah al-Hubal (1955 – 16 August 1998^[1]) was a Yemeni serial killer.

Abdallah al-Hubal
Born	1955 Yemen
Died	16 August 1998(1998-08-16) (aged 42–43) Bayt al-Faqih, Yemen
Cause of death	Killed during a shootout
Details
Victims	13
Span of crimes	1990–1998
Country	Yemen

After killing seven people in 1990 after the Yemeni reunion, he was imprisoned in Aden, but was able to flee for a short time. He was not found until the beginning of August 1998, when he killed a couple and three other people in Bayt al-Faqīh. The latter were, according to the police, witnesses of the first two murders. On 16 August 1998, al-Hubal engaged in a firefight with the police^[2] killing one policeman and injuring several others before being shot himself.^[3]

See also

• List of serial killers by country
• List of serial killers by number of victims

Literature

• Murakami, Peter and Julia: Lexikon der Serienmörder 450 Fallstudien einer pathologischen Tötungsart. 7. Auflage, Ullstein Taschenbuch, München 2001, ISBN 3-548-35935-3.