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| 'Gunshots' at US embassy in Yemen | 'Gunshots' at US embassy in Yemen |
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| Gunmen have opened fire at a checkpoint outside the US embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, Yemeni officials say. | Gunmen have opened fire at a checkpoint outside the US embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, Yemeni officials say. |
| Initial reports suggest no-one was hurt in the attack, apparently carried out by gunmen in a car. | Initial reports suggest no-one was hurt in the attack, apparently carried out by gunmen in a car. |
| Hours earlier, the US embassy said it had received a threat about a potential attack in "the foreseeable future". | Hours earlier, the US embassy said it had received a threat about a potential attack in "the foreseeable future". |
| US officials urged American nationals to exercise caution in the Arab country that has previously witnessed attacks by militants on Western interests. | |
| "Police are chasing the car that opened fire," a Yemeni official told Reuters. | |
| "No-one seems to have been hurt. It was a checkpoint leading to the embassy, and not close to the building," the official said. | |
| Last September, at least 16 people were killed in a double car-bomb attack on the US embassy in Yemen, which Washington said bore all the hallmarks of al-Qaeda. | |
| The militant organisation has long used Yemen as a haven and has often been blamed by the Yemeni government for attacks on Western targets in the country. |