An American teacher Killed in Taiz Province

By Fatik Al-Rodaini

Sana'a, March 18, 2012- Two gunmen shot dead an American citizen in Yemen's southern province of Taiz.

The Two men were in a motorcycle fired eight shots at the teacher who was on his way to work at a Swedish language center.

Jaweel Sharm, 32, a vice manger of Swedish language center was killed in Wadi Al-Madhafer district of Taiz province by suspected believed to Al-Qaeda militants.

Two weeks ago Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, AQAP, threatened an American school in Yemen saying it has become a target of Yemen Al-Qaeda branch.

The American Language Institute AMIDEAST, located in the southern city of Aden, received an anonymous phone call threatening an attack by the terrorist organization unless it complied with the group’s demands.