Assailants in Yemen Attack British Diplomats, Frenchman

Yemeni officials say a rocket attack on a British embassy vehicle in Sana'a has wounded several people, while a gunman has killed a French man working at an energy facility outside the capital. Officials say the rocket exploded Wednesday near a car carrying Britain's number two diplomat in Yemen, damaging the vehicle and wounding three bystanders. Britain said the car was on its way to the embassy in Sana'a with five staff on board, one of whom suffered minor injuries.

In the other incident, officials say a security guard shot and killed the Frenchman inside a compound of Austrian oil and gas company OMV near Sana'a. The French man had been working for French engineering company SPIE under contract to OMV.Yemeni security forces later disarmed and detained the gunman, whose motive was not clear.