Topic: Yemen: Shells Strike Near U.S. Embassy

Washington Post
March 19, 2008
Pg. 12

Three mortar rounds targeting the U.S. Embassy crashed into a high school for girls next door Tuesday, killing a Yemeni security guard and wounding more than a dozen girls, officials said.
The State Department said U.S. Embassy officials in Yemen had concluded that the attack was "directed against our embassy." U.S. officials would not comment further, saying the attack was still under investigation.
The embassy issued a statement in Arabic saying none of its employees was wounded, adding that "we pray for the victims and their families." The embassy closed for the rest of the day.
A statement from the Interior Ministry said the shells fired by unidentified attackers in downtown Sanaa wounded five soldiers and 13 schoolgirls. Three of the girls were described as in serious condition and were being flown to Jordan for treatment.