[Dawn] Two gunnies on a cycle of violence rubbed out early Sunday an American teacher working at a language institute in a central Yemeni city, the region's provincial governor said.Hamoud al-Sufi said the teacher was shot in his car in Taiz city. He did not have details on who the killers might be, and said an investigation is ongoing.
Much of Yemen saw a collapse of central state authority during the yearlong uprising against longtime leader President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
, who stepped down as president last month.
Militants affiliated with al-Qaeda took advantage of the chaos to seize control of towns in the south of the country.
Yemeni security officials said rustics kidnapped a Swiss woman working as a researcher in the western city of Hodeida on Tuesday.
Such kidnappings were common even before last year's uprising, with the hostages used as bargaining chips to secure the release of Yemeni prisoners or to get cash and services. Usually in such cases the hostages are released unharmed.
Tribesmen in the area denied the officials' account and said she was taken by bully boys.