Yemen army fire 'kills four protesters'

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Source: AFP

Yemen army fire 'kills four protesters'
By Hammoud Mounassar (AFP) – 6 hours ago

SANAA — Yemeni troops killed four demonstrators and wounded seven others on Friday when they fired on an anti-regime rally in the north, officials and Shiite rebels said, as protests raged across the country.

The shooting, which came a day after the opposition and clerics offered embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh a smooth exit from power, took place in Amran province, about 170 kilometres (105 miles) from the capital Sanaa.

A Yemeni security official could only confirm there was a gunfight in which four soldiers and three "armed men" were wounded.

Previously, a rebel leader had told AFP "two protesters were killed and nine others were wounded when soldiers opened fire from a military position on the demonstration calling for Saleh's departure."



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1. Yemeni army 'fires on protesters': Soldiers fire rockets at anti-government demonstrators

Yemeni soldiers opened fire on an anti-government protest in the country's north, killing at least two people and wounding around seven others, as demonstrations against president Ali Abdullah Saleh continued.

Soldiers fired rockets and artillery at protesters in Semla, a village in the northern province of Amran on Friday, sources said. The area, about 170km from the capital Sanaa, is a Houthi stronghold.

"During a peaceful protest this Friday morning ... demanding the fall of the regime, an end to corruption and political
change, a military site fired rockets at a group of protesters and hit dozens of people," Houthi rebels, named after their leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi, said in a statement.

Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from Sanaa, said local security forces dismissed the Houthi's account of events, saying armed tribesmen tried to enter one of the city's security checkpoints by force, after which "clashes ensued, three tribesmen and four policemen were injured".

Full article: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/20113494623209124.html