Cabinet weekly meeting focuses on US embassy attack

SANA'A, Sep 23 (Saba) - In its weekly meeting, the council of
ministers affirmed the importance of the role of media, religious
and social platforms in dealing with economic and human effects
which occur as a result of terrorist acts.

The cabinet also urged media to reinforce public opinion refusing
such acts which clash with the Islamic teachings.

The meeting assessed a report by the Interior minister Mutahar
Rashad al-Masri on the incident circumstances and steps taken to
investigate it.

On September 17, the US embassy in Sana'a was rocked by a double car
bomb attack. The two explosions took place outside the embassy and
hit one of the gates of the heavily-fortified compound.

16 people were killed, including a US from a Yemeni origin citizen,
who was named as Suzan al-Baneh.

The rest of those who were killed included troops of the police
guarding the compound and civilians including an Indian women.