The Yemeni chief of security at the US embassy in Sanaa has been assassinated, security officials have said.
Qassem Aqlani, who was reportedly in his fifties, was shot dead while on his way to work early on Thursday. A gunman on a motorcycle reportedly opened fire at him and fled the scene.
Aqlani had been working for the US embassy in the Yemeni capital for nearly 20 years.
The attack comes as Yemen's US-backed government is waging an offensive against al-Qaeda's branch in the country, taking back territory and cities in the south that the group seized last year.
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