Yemeni guard kills oil firm employee

A Yemeni guard opened fire today at the employees of an international oil company in Yemen, killing an Indian national and seriously wounding an American, two Britons, a Tunisian and a Yemeni man, security and local officials said.

The US Embassy in San’a confirmed the attack in a message posted on its website and said an American was “critically injured.” It did not mention the other victims.