Five killed and twenty five injured in Sanaa
SANAA, (Xinhua): On Thursday at least five protesters were killed and 25 others injured in Yemeni capital Sanaa when forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh intercepted the anti- government marches calling for prosecuting the president by opening fire, medics and witnesses said.
The protesters marched in the Zubairy street in central Sanaa and clashed with Saleh’s loyalists a day after the embattled president signed a Gulf-brokered power transfer deal in Riyadh which ensured him immunity from prosecution.
The forces then opened fire to put down the marching, Mohamed al-Qubati, a doctor in a field hospital at the anti-government sin- in square, told Xinhua.
“Death toll increased to five and other 25 protesters were injured when Saleh’s gunmen intercepted the march in Zubairy Street,” he added.
