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Images: US Embassy in Yemen under siege by Islamic protestors

FP Staff September 13, 2012, 16:45:05 IST

Protestors angered by an anti-Islam film have stormed the US Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. The protestors were on the embassy’s grounds but did not enter the building housing the offices.

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A Yemeni protestor, left, holds a white flag with Islamic inscription in Arabic that reads, "No God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet," in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday.  AP

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Yemeni protestors break a door of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday. AP

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Yemeni protesters try to break through the gate of the US embassy in Sanaa during a protest over a film mocking Islam on Thursday. AFP

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Yemeni protesters try to break the security camera of the US embassy in Sanaa during a protest over a film mocking Islam on Thursday. AFP

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Yemeni protestors break a widow of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday. AP

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