Anti-regime demonstrators in Yemen massacre of antigovernment protesters in Taeza, the second city of Yemen. The security forces broke up a sit-in protest in the main square of the city, burning the tents of the camps of protesters and killing at least 20 people and wounding 150. Was reported are the organizers of the protest.
Fifteen deaths were also confirmed from the town hospital. "And 'a massacre - an activist told Agence France Press - and the wounded were dragged by force into the street to be arrested." According to the account of witnesses, the forces of President Ali Abdallah Saleh on the night they attacked with tanks and armored protesters camped at Liberty Square, set fire to their tents and then they evacuated the place.
Other eyewitnesses added that the protesters who tried to escape were chased and arrested in the side streets. According to the official news agency Saba, the Yemeni president's meeting in the night, the military still loyal to him, inviting them to "strongly resist and respond to the challenges posed by illegal and corrupt." Clashes also Zinjibar, where government sources tell us of an attack by suspected members of al-Qaeda.
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and dozens injured while traveling in the direction of the southern city. "A convoy of reinforcements that came from Aden fell into an ambush, 1 km from Zinjibar, members of al-Qaeda - said an official of the security services - Four military personnel, including a colonel, were killed and several others were injured.
" Two of them would have been the victim of a missile fired at a barracks by the alleged terrorists, who yesterday occupied the base. Aden hospital confirmed the hospitalization of seven soldiers wounded. Residents tell of bombings while Yemeni aviation and artillery fire stations fired on suspected members of the terrorist group.
According to another source of security, would be four instead of al-Qaida fighters of the victims of clashes in the night Zinjibar. For the militants, who yesterday took control of the city, the dead would be two. 
Fifteen deaths were also confirmed from the town hospital. "And 'a massacre - an activist told Agence France Press - and the wounded were dragged by force into the street to be arrested." According to the account of witnesses, the forces of President Ali Abdallah Saleh on the night they attacked with tanks and armored protesters camped at Liberty Square, set fire to their tents and then they evacuated the place.
Other eyewitnesses added that the protesters who tried to escape were chased and arrested in the side streets. According to the official news agency Saba, the Yemeni president's meeting in the night, the military still loyal to him, inviting them to "strongly resist and respond to the challenges posed by illegal and corrupt." Clashes also Zinjibar, where government sources tell us of an attack by suspected members of al-Qaeda.
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and dozens injured while traveling in the direction of the southern city. "A convoy of reinforcements that came from Aden fell into an ambush, 1 km from Zinjibar, members of al-Qaeda - said an official of the security services - Four military personnel, including a colonel, were killed and several others were injured.
" Two of them would have been the victim of a missile fired at a barracks by the alleged terrorists, who yesterday occupied the base. Aden hospital confirmed the hospitalization of seven soldiers wounded. Residents tell of bombings while Yemeni aviation and artillery fire stations fired on suspected members of the terrorist group.
According to another source of security, would be four instead of al-Qaida fighters of the victims of clashes in the night Zinjibar. For the militants, who yesterday took control of the city, the dead would be two.
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