U.S. Embassy In Yemen Was Target Of Terrorist Mortar Attack

March 18, 2008

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The State Department says U.S. officials have concluded that the American Embassy in Yemen was targeted by three mortar rounds that crashed into a nearby high school, apparently killing a Yemeni security guard.

The attack happened earlier Tuesday, and at the time U.S. officials said they couldn’t say for certain whether the real target was the U.S. Embassy.

Later Tuesday, in Washington, the State Department said U.S. Embassy officials in Yemen had concluded that the attack was “directed against our embassy.” U.S. officials refused to comment further, saying it was still under investigation.

In Yemen, the Interior Ministry said the shells fired by unidentified attackers also wounded five soldiers and 13 schoolgirls.

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