Saturday, February 19, 2011

Three killed in clashes between police and protesters

Three people were killed and 19 others were injured by bullets in violent overnight clashes between police and hundreds of protesters demanding the end of the Yemeni regime in Aden (south of the country), according to a hospital. As in the previous night, the protesters shouted demanding the departure of President Saleh, smashed shop windows and burned tires in the streets.

The protesters insist they must leave the president Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power for 32 years. Also, demanding better living conditions. The new death toll amounts to a total of five those killed in Aden since last Wednesday. According to a hospital official at Youmhouriya, the bodies of three people fatally injured by firearms are now in the morgue.

Shouting "The people want the fall of the regime!" Hundreds of young demonstrators Moualla razed the neighborhood in Aden, and destroyed all the portraits of the president who was in the streets.

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