School hit instead of U.S. Embassy

Three mortar rounds targeting the U.S. Embassy in Sana hit a girls high school next door, killing a Yemeni security guard and wounding more than a dozen students, officials said.

The State Department said U.S. officials in Yemen had concluded that the attack was “directed against our embassy.” Officials refused to comment further, saying the incident was under investigation.

The embassy issued a statement saying that none of its employees was wounded.

A statement from the Interior Ministry said the shells, fired by unidentified attackers, wounded five soldiers and 13 schoolgirls. Three of the girls were in serious condition.

The statement did not mention the death of the guard, which was reported by a ministry official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the news media.