Affrontement à لحديدة Hoddeidah – 18 avril 2011

Clashes in Yemen coastal town wound 88

reuters.com

Mon Apr 18, 2011

(Reuters) – Clashes broke out in Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaida on Monday, wounding at least 88 people as plainclothes police fired shots and teargas at protesters who responded by hurling stones, witnesses and doctors said.

Residents told Reuters that plainclothes police armed with bats, pistols and stones, attacked thousands of protesters who had marched into the streets outside the square where they have been camped for weeks in demonstrations calling for the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule.

« We’re appealing for help in medical supplies as we’re really suffering from a severe shortage … the medical situation is really bad, » said protester Abdul Jabar Zayed. « We have some friends missing and we think they were arrested, we are still making calculations but no specific number yet. »

A first round of clashes hurt 15 people, two were shot and the others were beaten or hit with stones, doctors said, and protesters began to withdraw back to their camp.

But clashes erupted again as riot police fired shots and tear gas at a group of protesters, witnesses said. Protesters responded by marching out of their camp again, this time headed for Hudaida’s main thoroughfare, residents told Reuters.

Five people were shot and 68 were beaten or were suffering from teargas inhalation, they said, and clashes were ongoing. Zayed told Reuters that protesters had built a roadblock to try to prevent police from getting closer to the demonstrations. Read more…

Police Attack Yemeni Protesters, 45 Hurt

VOA News

April 18, 2011

At least 45 people have been injured in Yemen as security men fired shots and tear gas at protesters demanding the ouster of the country’s longtime president.

The violence erupted Monday as thousands protested in Yemen’s Red Sea port al-Hudaydah, calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule.

Residents say plainclothes police fired shots while other police used clubs and tear gas against demonstrators, who responded by hurling stones.

Violence between pro-Saleh forces and opposition activists has killed more than 116 people since the protests began in late January. Read more…