Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Protesters Shot Dead in Southern Yemen


Protesters Shot Dead in Southern Yemen
(Euronews: 1400 PST, April 4, 2011) Police and snipers in civilian clothes have reportedly opened fire on anti-government protesters in Yemen. According to medical sources, at least 15 people have been killed with hundreds more wounded as demonstrators in Taiz tried to storm the provincial government building. There were similar scenes in the Red Sea port of al-Hudaydah as security forces used tear gas on opposition forces.



(France 24: 0502 PST, April 4, 2011) At least 12 protesters were killed when security forces opened fire in the Yemeni city of Taiz, south of the capital Sanaa on Monday, a medical source told Reuters.


 
 

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