Gunmen abducted an American teacher on Tuesday from an English language school in Sanaa, witnesses said, in the latest of a series of kidnappings of foreigners.
Armed men in civilian clothes entered the school and forced the teacher into their car as bewildered colleagues and students looked on.
“We were shocked when the armed group entered the building. They got to his office and took him to an unknown location,” a Yemeni teacher at the school said.
“We are aware of reports of US citizens being held in Yemen. Privacy considerations prevent us from commenting further on this case,” a US State Department spokeswoman told Reuters.
Meanwhile, heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and Iran-backed Shiite Houthis for control of the heights overlooking the Bab Al-Mandab strait has left 17 combatants dead, the loyalist commander said Wednesday. “We launched an offensive which enabled us to recapture two mountains,” General Fadhl Hassan said.
Source: Arab News
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