Troops, protesters clash in south Yemen: witnesses

AFP

21 01 2011

ADEN — A second night of clashes and gunbattles between the army and protesters in Yemen’s main southern city of Aden left seven people wounded, three of them soldiers, witnesses and officials said.

Security forces used tear gas and gun fire to disperse the protesters who took to the streets until late Wednesday night in several Aden neighbourhoods, the witnesses said.

Chanting pro-secessionist slogans, the protesters set car tyres ablaze, blocked several roads and wounded a soldier when they hurled stones at the security forces, said one witness.

In Al-Saada neighbourhood, two soldiers and a civilian were wounded in gunbattles, a security official said.

During the protests, security forces arrested dozens of members of the Southern Movement, an activist, Ahmed al-Zubeiri, told AFP.

Dozens of other protesters were rounded up during similar clashes in Aden on Tuesday, witnesses said. Read more…

~ par Alain Bertho sur 21 janvier 2011.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, الشغب