Four protesters were killed during the police dispersal of demonstrations calling for the fall of Yemeni Aden (south) on Friday, while two protesters were killed in a grenade attack in Taez (southwest). In Sanaa, hundreds of supporters of the regime have attacked a rally of thousands of young critics and journalists with batons, axes and sticks, killing at least four wounded, according to several witnesses have said.
The most violent protests took place in Aden, the main southern city, where four people were shot when police dispersed several demonstrations demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, in power for 32 years, hospital officials said. In Taiz, 270 miles southwest of Sanaa, there was a grenade attack aimed at thousands of protesters who had gathered in the center of the city, killing two of them, there are 27 wounded, medical sources reported.
These deaths bring the number to 11 in a week in Yemen, including eight of Aden. This Friday, more than 40 demonstrators were wounded across the country, according to medical sources and witnesses. President Barack Obama said he was "deeply concerned" about "violence in Bahrain, Libya and Yemen", "condemns the use of violence by governments against peaceful demonstrators" and called for "restraint" and "respect the rights of their people.
" The U.S. embassy in Sanaa said that "there is a worrying increase in violence against Yemeni citizens," regretting "the presence during these attacks, Yemeni government officials." Amnesty has called on the authorities to stop using "excessive force." In Taiz, the protesters camped out for the seventh consecutive day, the "Freedom Square", as that was the epicenter of the revolt in Egypt.
"We saw an official car and throw a grenade while firing guns into the air," claimed a witness. In Aden, in addition to the four dead, at least nine people were wounded by gunfire, hospital officials said, during renewed clashes between protesters and police. Thousands of people demonstrated after weekly prayers, after the death of three people in the city during the intervention of security forces opened fire to disperse the demonstrators.
"People want the fall of the regime," shouted the protesters, taking the main slogan of the revolt that led to the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak. A Moukalla (southeast), three demonstrators were injured by bullets when riot police broke up a demonstration. President Saleh, who heads the Yemen, pledged to pursue reforms and not to stand again in 2013. 
The most violent protests took place in Aden, the main southern city, where four people were shot when police dispersed several demonstrations demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, in power for 32 years, hospital officials said. In Taiz, 270 miles southwest of Sanaa, there was a grenade attack aimed at thousands of protesters who had gathered in the center of the city, killing two of them, there are 27 wounded, medical sources reported.
These deaths bring the number to 11 in a week in Yemen, including eight of Aden. This Friday, more than 40 demonstrators were wounded across the country, according to medical sources and witnesses. President Barack Obama said he was "deeply concerned" about "violence in Bahrain, Libya and Yemen", "condemns the use of violence by governments against peaceful demonstrators" and called for "restraint" and "respect the rights of their people.
" The U.S. embassy in Sanaa said that "there is a worrying increase in violence against Yemeni citizens," regretting "the presence during these attacks, Yemeni government officials." Amnesty has called on the authorities to stop using "excessive force." In Taiz, the protesters camped out for the seventh consecutive day, the "Freedom Square", as that was the epicenter of the revolt in Egypt.
"We saw an official car and throw a grenade while firing guns into the air," claimed a witness. In Aden, in addition to the four dead, at least nine people were wounded by gunfire, hospital officials said, during renewed clashes between protesters and police. Thousands of people demonstrated after weekly prayers, after the death of three people in the city during the intervention of security forces opened fire to disperse the demonstrators.
"People want the fall of the regime," shouted the protesters, taking the main slogan of the revolt that led to the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak. A Moukalla (southeast), three demonstrators were injured by bullets when riot police broke up a demonstration. President Saleh, who heads the Yemen, pledged to pursue reforms and not to stand again in 2013.
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