‘Al-Qaeda threat’
The attack comes two days after Yemeni authorities boosted security in the capital around embassies on information of an attack planned by al-Qaeda.
The Yemeni government declared a war on the group’s wing in the region after it claimed a failed attack on a US-bound airliner in December.
On April 26, a suicide bomber hurled himself at the British ambassador’s two-car convoy in a Sanaa street as it neared the British embassy compound, wounding three bystanders.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula later claimed responsibility for the attack, which prompted the embassy to be closed for two weeks. The group accused the British envoy of leading a war on Muslims in the peninsula on Britain’s behalf.
An al-Qaeda attack on the US embassy in Sanaa in 2008 killed 16 people, including six attackers.
In a separate incident on Wednesday, a security guard opened fire inside the compound of Austrian oil and gas group OMV, killing a French man, a security source said. Government security forces subsequently disarmed the attacker.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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