US doctors shot dead in Yemen

Three American doctors were shot to death in Yemen today.

The attacker, a suspected Muslim fundamentalist, was later arrested.

The attacker shot his victims in Maaden Hospital, a missionary complex in the town of Jibla in Ibb province, south of the capital, San'a.

The man had entered the hospital hiding a semi-automatic rifle under his jacket to make it resemble a child, and then opened fire.

According to security officials, one of the victims was the director of the hospital.

The other two, both women, were the chief doctor and another doctor.

A fourth American, the hospital's pharmacist, was seriously injured.