An Iranian diplomat is killed after resisting gunmen who were trying to kidnap him.<br/> <br />The gunmen then fled.<br/> <br />He wasn't far from the ambassador's residence, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.<br/> <br />This young man saw the attempted kidnapping:<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) WITNESS TAHA SHARHAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"A car intercepted the diplomat's car and then four armed people got out of the car and one of them broke the window of the diplomat's car , and tried to pull out the diplomat from his car but he resisted, then the attacker shot him with four bullets."<br/> <br />Security sources say the diplomat was traveling in a car that belonged to the Iranian embassy.<br/> <br />The ambassador was not in the car at the time of the attack.<br/> <br />Sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shi'ites has been increasing in northern Yemen over the last several months.<br/> <br />Iran is the leading Shi'ite Muslim power in the Middle East.
