STOP PRESS: Yemen: US embassy stormed in capital Sanaa

Written by Super User 13 Sep 2012

Angry protesters stormed the US embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday as regional discontent over an amateur US film mocking Islam spread throughout the region. Police used water cannons and fired warnings shots to drive the protesters out of the building, according to an AFP correspondent at the scene. There were unconfirmed reports of casualties on both sides. The protests in Sanaa come two days after a similar attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi resulted in the deaths of four US citizens, including the US ambassador in Libya, Christopher Stevens. There were also reports of fresh scuffles outside the US embassy in Cairo on Thursday, a day after protesters scaled the embassy walls, ripped down the US flag and replaced it with the black Islamic flag.

Pray: against further unrest in the region see above..

More: http://www.france24.com/en/20120913-crowd-storms-usa-embassy-yemeni-capital-sanaa-film-youtube-benghazi-unrest

Additional Info