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An Iranian diplomat has died of injuries after gunmen fired shots at a car belonging to the Iranian embassy near the ambassador's residence in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has confirmed to Fars news agency.
"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 police source told AFP news agency. Hadda is the main diplomatic district of the Yemeni capital.
"The Iranian diplomat has died of his wounds," the medic at Sanaa's German Modern Hospital said.
The diplomat was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack, but still sustained serious wounds, Reuters reported earlier, citing security sources. The sources also said the assailants tried to kidnap the man.
According to AP, the diplomat was in charge of administrative affairs in the embassy.
The attackers fled the scene and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault.
Relations between the two countries have been tense over what Yemen calls Iranian interference in its domestic affairs.
Another Iranian diplomat, Nour Ahmad Nikbakht, was abducted by gunmen in Sanaa in July and remains in captivity. According to tribal sources, his kidnappers are members of Al-Qaeda.
Iranian diplomat dies after being shot in Yemen capital — RT News
"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 police source told AFP news agency. Hadda is the main diplomatic district of the Yemeni capital.
"The Iranian diplomat has died of his wounds," the medic at Sanaa's German Modern Hospital said.
The diplomat was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack, but still sustained serious wounds, Reuters reported earlier, citing security sources. The sources also said the assailants tried to kidnap the man.
According to AP, the diplomat was in charge of administrative affairs in the embassy.
The attackers fled the scene and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault.
Relations between the two countries have been tense over what Yemen calls Iranian interference in its domestic affairs.
Another Iranian diplomat, Nour Ahmad Nikbakht, was abducted by gunmen in Sanaa in July and remains in captivity. According to tribal sources, his kidnappers are members of Al-Qaeda.
Iranian diplomat dies after being shot in Yemen capital — RT News
