A German security guard employed by the German embassy in Yemen was gunned down and killed as he was leaving a supermarket in Sanaa
Authorities said the attack bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda.
Al-Arabiya reported that the guard was shot as assailants tried to kidnap the German ambassador, who escaped.
Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has attempted to attack several large Western targets, including airliners, and is believed to have been behind a series of killings of foreign and local officials in the country since 2011.