US teacher ‘shot dead’ in Yemen’s second city of Taiz

An American language teacher has been shot dead by gunmen in Yemen's second city of Taiz, officials say.

He was deputy director of a Swedish language centre in the city, a security official told the AFP news agency.

The teacher was driving his car when he was fired on by gunmen on motorbike, officials said.

Yemen had experienced nearly a year of unrest before President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to step down, at the end of last year, after 33 years in power.