Source: www.buzzfeed.com - Sunday, April 05, 2015
The family of Jamal al-Labani says he was killed in mortar shelling while visiting the war-torn country. An American citizen was reportedly killed last week in Yemen while on a visit to see his wife and daughter. View Video › facebook.com Al-Labani had gone to Yemen in February to see his pregnant wife and young daughter with the hopes of bringing them back to the U.S. with him. However, he was unable to leave the country because of the violence, CBS San Francisco reported. He was killed on Tuesday by rebel fire in the city of Aden, a relative told SFGate.com. Al-Labani's 14-year-old nephew was also reportedly killed. Family members said al-Labani had lived in the Bay Area for more than 10 years and was a partial owner in a gas station, SFGate.com reported. "He was very kind and he was a really hard-working guy," his cousin Mohammed Alazzani told the publication. The State Department has advised all American citizens to leave Yemen and suspended embassy operations in the country. "We urged U.S. citizens to defer travel to Yemen and those U.S. citizens currently living in or visiting Yemen to depart," the department said in February. The U.S. said it could not provide "departure assistance" to Americans in Yemen, it does offer other services such as sending messages to family members. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News on Al-Labani's death. Stringer . / Reuters Last month,
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The family of Jamal al-Labani says he was killed in mortar shelling while visiting the war-torn country. An American citizen was reportedly killed last week in Yemen while on a visit to see his wife and daughter. View Video › facebook.com Al-Labani had gone to Yemen in February to see his pregnant wife and young daughter with the hopes of bringing them back to the U.S. with him. However, he was unable to leave the country because of the violence, CBS San Francisco reported. He was killed on Tuesday by rebel fire in the city of Aden, a relative told SFGate.com. Al-Labani's 14-year-old nephew was also reportedly killed. Family members said al-Labani had lived in the Bay Area for more than 10 years and was a partial owner in a gas station, SFGate.com reported. "He was very kind and he was a really hard-working guy," his cousin Mohammed Alazzani told the publication. The State Department has advised all American citizens to leave Yemen and suspended embassy operations in the country. "We urged U.S. citizens to defer travel to Yemen and those U.S. citizens currently living in or visiting Yemen to depart," the department said in February. The U.S. said it could not provide "departure assistance" to Americans in Yemen, it does offer other services such as sending messages to family members. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News on Al-Labani's death. Stringer . / Reuters Last month,from Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1GfjrMg
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