Yemeni forces shoot dead four protesters in south

Source : Al Akhbar English

Soldiers and police shot dead at least four pro-secessionist protesters and wounded over a dozen others in southern Yemen Thursday where thousands had taken to the streets to mark the anniversary of the ouster of former dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, local media reported.

The country’s online news site Aden al-Ghad identified one of the victims as Bakil Ali Sa’id. Witnesses told the site that snipers from the rival Islah movement had also opened fire on demonstrators, wounding several.

The Sada Aden News Network identified another victim as Abdallah al- Amoudi. The identities of the other two victims remain unknown.

Security forces shot at them during anti-government rallies in the Krayter district of the port city of Aden.

Amateur video posted online showed an armored military vehicle driving slowly past one of the protest sites before abruptly stopping. A few seconds later several soldiers climbed out of the vehicle and opened fire on the unarmed protesters.