2 dead as shelling continues in Yemen
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December 4, 2011, Sunday
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TWO Yemenis were killed during a third straight day of shelling in the protest hotbed of Taiz, residents said, raising the death toll from clashes between troops loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition fighters to at least 17.
Saleh handed over power last month to Vice-President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, seeking to end 10 months of opposition to his rule that paralysed Yemen. But the violence shows no sign of abating.
Tens of thousands of residents defied the shelling to march in Taiz city center demanding that Saleh be put on trial. Residents said government forces used artillery, tanks and rockets yesterday in residential areas of Taiz, trapping about 3,000 families in the commercial hub 200km south of the capital Sanaa.
Opposition fighters responded with medium and light fire, they said.
Medics said two people were killed, one of them an activist shot by a sniper during the demonstration. The second was a bakery worker killed in front of his shop. A woman was also wounded.
An official from Saleh's party said the latest violence followed differences with opposition parties over the composition of a military committee agreed last month as part of the transitional deal following Saleh's departure.
Ten people died in fighting on Thursday, including five government soldiers, and five more were killed on Friday.
Saleh handed over power last month to Vice-President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, seeking to end 10 months of opposition to his rule that paralysed Yemen. But the violence shows no sign of abating.
Tens of thousands of residents defied the shelling to march in Taiz city center demanding that Saleh be put on trial. Residents said government forces used artillery, tanks and rockets yesterday in residential areas of Taiz, trapping about 3,000 families in the commercial hub 200km south of the capital Sanaa.
Opposition fighters responded with medium and light fire, they said.
Medics said two people were killed, one of them an activist shot by a sniper during the demonstration. The second was a bakery worker killed in front of his shop. A woman was also wounded.
An official from Saleh's party said the latest violence followed differences with opposition parties over the composition of a military committee agreed last month as part of the transitional deal following Saleh's departure.
Ten people died in fighting on Thursday, including five government soldiers, and five more were killed on Friday.
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