Attack near British Embassy in Yemen
October 6, 2010 -- Updated 1000 GMT (1800 HKT)
(CNN) -- The British Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, said there was an attack Wednesday involving one of its vehicles, but there were no casualties among its staff.
Also Wednesday morning, a gunman opened fire at the Sanaa office of OMV, an Austrian oil and gas company, leaving two people wounded, the company said.
There were conflicting reports on the number of civilians wounded in the attack on the embassy vehicle. Eyewitnesses said a local woman and her child were wounded and taken away by ambulance. An embassy spokeswoman said there was "one minor casualty" and security forces said three people were wounded, but not seriously.
The incident is under investigation and security officials were at the scene, Gen. Yahya Saleh, director of Yemen's Counterterror Unit, told CNN.
The attack happened in the eastern part of the city, close to where the British ambassador's convoy was attacked earlier this year.
Security forces in the area told local journalists at the scene there were four staff members in the car and none of them was hurt.
The attack at OMV's office happened when a security guard opened fire, seriously wounding an employee of a contractor company and slightly wounding another, also a contractor employee, the company said.
Local security sources told CNN that one French national was hurt.
The gunman was apprehended and the injured were taken to hospitals, the company said. Police are investigating.
In April, the British ambassador to Yemen survived an apparent suicide bomb attack on his convoy in Sanaa. The British Foreign Office said there was a small explosion next to the ambassador's car but neither he nor other embassy staff were hurt.
The alleged suicide bomber was killed, the Yemeni Embassy in Washington said at the time.
CNN's Eileen Hsieh, Mohammed Jamjoom, Mila Sanina and Caroline Faraj contributed to this report.
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