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Rocket fired at British embassy vehicle in Yemen
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October 6, 2010, Wednesday
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A rocket attack in the Yemeni capital Sanaa today targeted a vehicle carrying the deputy chief of the British mission in Yemen and a gunman opened fire at an Austrian-owned oil and gas firm, killing a Frenchman.
The shootings could be one of a number of high profile al Qaeda attacks targeting Yemen's government, which earlier this year declared war on the group's Yemeni arm after it claimed a failed attack on a US-bound airliner in December.
Britain's Foreign Office in London confirmed there had been an attack involving a British embassy vehicle in Sanaa and said one British embassy staff member in the vehicle suffered a minor injury.
"The vehicle was on its way to the British Embassy, with five Embassy staff on board," a Foreign Office spokesman said.
"One member of staff suffered minor injuries and is undergoing treatment, all others were unhurt. We are informing their families at the moment.
A security source in Yemen said three Yemeni bystanders were wounded. Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh later met the British ambassador to discuss the incident.
The Frenchman died in a shooting incident inside the compound of oil and gas group OMV, France's Foreign Ministry confirmed. A security source said a guard had opened fire, and government forces subsequently disarmed the gunman.
A spokeswoman for Vienna-based OMV, which has operated in Yemen since 2003, said the situation was now under control.
An al Qaeda suicide bomber attacked the British ambassador's convoy in April, killing himself and injuring three others.
An al Qaeda attack on the US embassy in Sanaa in 2008 killed 16 people, including six attackers.
The shootings could be one of a number of high profile al Qaeda attacks targeting Yemen's government, which earlier this year declared war on the group's Yemeni arm after it claimed a failed attack on a US-bound airliner in December.
Britain's Foreign Office in London confirmed there had been an attack involving a British embassy vehicle in Sanaa and said one British embassy staff member in the vehicle suffered a minor injury.
"The vehicle was on its way to the British Embassy, with five Embassy staff on board," a Foreign Office spokesman said.
"One member of staff suffered minor injuries and is undergoing treatment, all others were unhurt. We are informing their families at the moment.
A security source in Yemen said three Yemeni bystanders were wounded. Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh later met the British ambassador to discuss the incident.
The Frenchman died in a shooting incident inside the compound of oil and gas group OMV, France's Foreign Ministry confirmed. A security source said a guard had opened fire, and government forces subsequently disarmed the gunman.
A spokeswoman for Vienna-based OMV, which has operated in Yemen since 2003, said the situation was now under control.
An al Qaeda suicide bomber attacked the British ambassador's convoy in April, killing himself and injuring three others.
An al Qaeda attack on the US embassy in Sanaa in 2008 killed 16 people, including six attackers.
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