US Embassy Officers in Yemen Firefight

Two U.S. embassy officers shot and killed two armed people after an attempted abduction in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa in April, the State Department said on Saturday. "We can confirm that, last month, two U.S. embassy officers in Yemen fired their weapons after being confronted by armed individuals in an attempted kidnapping at a small commercial business in Sanaa," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement. Two people were killed and the Americans involved...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - samedi 10 mai 2014