A French journalist was found strangled with an electrical wire in his hotel room in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa Monday,security officials said. The dead man was tied to the bed when his body was discovered. The security officials declined to identify him or given any motive for the killing and they spoke on condition of anonymity.
The hotel,Al-Maali,is near the presidential palace in an area controlled by Yemens Republican Guard,an elite force commanded by the son of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The guards have been battling renegade troops and armed tribesmen in Sanaa for months as Saleh tries to cling to power in the face of a popular uprising demanding he step down.
