(KUNA) -- Three mortars were fired on Sunday at a residential housing complex of Yemeni citizens and westerners in the Hiddah neighborhood in the capital, The Interior Ministry revealed. A statement by the Ministry said no casualties or materialistic damage were reported. The statement added that the mortars were fired from a distance, pointing out that the security authorities were currently investigating the incident. The targeted villas are behind a residential compound in the Al-Hadda neighbourhood of southwestern Sanaa. Foreigners, including Westerners and Arabs, live in the compound which also houses the offices of Safer oil company. Police cordoned off the area, residents said. They also closed off roads leading to the US embassy in the northwestern sector of Sanaa.
SANAA - A blast shook a complex housing Americans in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday, residents said, but the nature of the explosion was not immediately clear. Resident said they saw security forces arriving outside the high-security area. Yemeni officials were not available for comment. |