Yemen Militants Attack British Embassy Vehicle, OMV Site

Militants in Yemeni capital Sana'a targeted a car belonging to the UK Embassy injuring one person, whereas a "security incident" was reported at the local office of OMV AV, the largest oil company of central Europe. According to Agence France-Presse, a French employee of the company was killed.

OMV officials in Vienne said they don't have any additional information on the incident at Sana's site, according to a statement issued via email. A security official at the site told reporters that a guard started shooting inside the building, killing a Western executive, and that the attacker was still present inside when government troops surrounded the compound.

An emailed statement from Foreign Office in London said, "There was one minor casualty among British Embassy staff, and no other casualties", as gunmen hit the mission's car.

Al Qaeda in Yemen, which attempted to destroy an American airliner last year, has intensified its violent activities since June, targeting country's energy sector and killing a number of troops in a series of attacks in southern Yemen. In August, Yemeni troops killed a dozen Al-Qaeda militants, as they wiped them out of the southern Loder city.

This was the second strike on the UK Embassy in Yemen this year. In April, the British ambassador in Yemen narrowly escaped deadly suicide bombing on his convoy in Sana'a. The embassy remained closed for three days due to a threat by Al-Qaeda in January.

The CIA considers Al-Qaeda in Yemen a bigger threat to America's security than the organization's offshoot in Pakistan.