Iranian diplomat killed outside ambassador’s residence in Yemen’s capital

IranIranian diplomat killed outside ambassador's residence in Yemen's capital

Iranian diplomat killed outside ambassador's residence in Yemen's capital

SANAA: An Iranian diplomat Ali Asadi, who sustained serious injuries after unknown gunmen opened fire at a car belonging to the Iranian embassy near the ambassador’s residence in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday, succumbed to his injuries, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.

“Unidentified assailants in a van fired on the diplomat three times as he was leaving the ambassador’s residence near a shopping center in Hadda,” a diplomatic district south of the capital, a police source told a foreign news agency.

“The Iranian diplomat has died of his wounds,” a doctor at Sanaa’s German Modern Hospital said.

   

The foreign news agency citing security sources reported that the diplomat, who was in charge of administrative affairs in the embassy, was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack, but still sustained critical injuries.

No one immediately claimed responsibility of the attack.

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