Posted on 03/18/2008 5:37:28 AM PDT by RDTF
(CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, closed Tuesday after three mortar rounds detonated near the embassy compound, according to an embassy statement.
No embassy personnel were injured in the incident, which happened around 12:40 p.m. local time, it said.
"There are reports of injuries at a girls school in the neighborhood and to Yemeni security personnel stationed around the embassy's perimeter," the statement said
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