SANAA: A French and a British student, both Muslims, were killed in an attack by Shia rebels on a Sunni Islamic college in a restive region of Yemen, a tribal source said on Monday.

An Algerian student was also wounded in the attack which took place on Sunday, in the northern province of Saada, where Zaidi minority rebels are fighting government forces, the source said. He said that the students were part of a group who were guarding the school at night.

The British and French embassies in Sanaa were not immediately available for comment. Dozens of foreign students attend the school for Islamic studies at Dammaj, which is run by a Sunni Salafist group, the source added.— AFP