The film “Innocence of Muslims” that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad has sparked even more outrage as thousands of protesters are attacking U.S. Embassies. Protesters are ripping down signs and starting fires. Officials from all countries are working together to defuse this situation before it gets even worst. Click below to read more.
Outrage over the film “Innocence of Muslims” that denigrated the Prophet Mohammad spread Thursday to Yemen, where thousands of protesters rushed the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, while more demonstrations erupted outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
Groups of protesters, whose numbers grew thick at certain places, circled the embassy in Sana’a, resulting in multiple demonstrations around the compound. The demonstrators managed to breach the area past the embassy’s main gate but were stopped at the security perimeter.
“Smoke is rising, they just flooded the security barriers. [There are] no casualties. [There is] shooting. It’s crazy,” a senior Yemeni official told ABC News.
Yemeni forces threw tear gas as protesters were seen scrambling over fences and the main gate, firing gunshots as they tried to stop the demonstrators.
Protesters in Sana’a removed the embassy’s sign on the outer wall and set tires ablaze, The Associated Press reported. Once inside the compound, they took down and burned the U.S. flag. Security guards at the embassy fired warning shots to stop them.
According to a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Yemen, all personnel are safe.
“Initial reports are that all embassy personnel are safe and accounted for,” the spokesman said early Thursday.
A senior official in the Obama administration said that the Yemeni government had aided the U.S. in maintaining order.
“We are doing everything we can to support our mission in Yemen. We’ve had good cooperation from the Yemeni government, which is working with us to maintain order and protect our facilities and people. These protests appear to be motivated by the film,” the official said.
Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, president of the Republic of Yemen, extended sincere apologies for the attacks, the Yemeni embassy in Washington, D.C. said in a statement released early Thursday.
