DHAKA: An Iranian diplomat was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting outside the ambassador`s residence in the Yemeni capital on Saturday.

A Yemeni medic said, reports The Straits Times.

‘The Iranian diplomat has died of his wounds,’ the medic at Sanaa’s German Modern Hospital said.

Nobody at the Iranian embassy was immediately available for comment but other diplomats said the victim was an embassy security officer.

BDST: 1914 HRS, JAN 18, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor