German embassy security officer shot dead in Yemen

Sanaa, Oct 6: Yemeni gunmen shot dead a

national working as a security officer at the German

in

's capital Sanaa on Sunday, a police official told Xinhua.

"Three gunmen in a car opened fire at a German national, who worked as a security officer at the German embassy in Sanaa, as he went out of a supermarket in a southern suburb of Sanaa," the official said.

Witnesses told Xinhua that the gunmen fled the scene after the attack.

IANS