THE TELEGRAPH: Islamist militants attacked the heavily-guarded US embassy in Yemen with a car bomb and rockets, killing at least ten people.
The car exploded some distance from the embassy in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, at a checkpoint manned by security personnel, before gunmen in another car started firing.
The attackers wore police uniforms to try to get through the embassy's perimeter security during a morning shift change.
Four civilians and six members of the police died in the attack, a spokesman for the Yemeni security forces said. The six attackers - one wearing an explosives belt, also died. There were no casualties among US diplomatic staff.
Trevor Mason, a British eye-witness who lives in an apartment block close to the US embassy compound, said the attack began around 8.30 am local time.
"We heard the sounds of a heavy gun battle going on,'' he said.
"I looked out my window, and we saw the first explosion going off -- a massive fireball very close to the US embassy.
"The gun battle went on for a further 10 to 15 minutes, followed by two further loud explosions.
"The situation is quiet now but obviously very tense.''
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