From the ROP

Report: American Teacher Shot by Al Qaeda-Linked Militants in Yemen

Two militants shot and killed an American teacher in Yemen early Sunday, an attack for which Al Qaeda is claiming responsibility, according to Reuters.

The gunmen rode up on a motorcycle and gunned down English language teacher Joel Shrun in his car in the central Yemeni city of Taiz, a regional governor told the Associated Press. Officials at the Swedish Institute — a language school where Shrun was also deputy director — identified him as the victim and said he was born in 1983.