.- The leader of the secessionist Movement of South Yemen was arrested in Aden and the shootings occurred Sunday at a demonstration in Sanaa, on the ninth day of unrest in the country. Thousands of people also attended protests in the cities of Ibb and Taiz, demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who renewed his offer of dialogue to the opposition parties.
Saleh, a U.S. ally against Al Qaeda in North Africa, has held power for 32 years in the State of the Arabian Peninsula facing rising unemployment, a declining oil production and reserves water, as well as chronic protests in the provinces of North and South. Baum Hasan was arrested in the southern port city of "armed military group in a hospital where he was receiving treatment and was taken to an unknown destination, told Reuters his son Fadi Hasan Baum.
Baum was also arrested last November, accused of masterminding illegal demonstrations. Security in Aden was reinforced on Sunday with tanks and armored vehicles on the main streets of the city. In the capital, while about 50 government supporters tried to break up a demonstration outside the University of Sanna over a thousand people.
A supporter of Saleh shot with an assault rifle, but there were no reports of casualties and pro-government supporters were dispersed soon after, as demonstrators continued their protests with chants of "! Out Ali!". Both sides clashed on Saturday in the university, the first use of firearms by protesters on record.
Several were injured and five people, including several girls, the city had lesions in Sheikh Othman, apparently by stray bullets. Five soldiers were also injured Saturday night in Jormaksar and Sheikh Othman when demonstrators clashed with security forces on Sunday said a local official and witnesses. 
Saleh, a U.S. ally against Al Qaeda in North Africa, has held power for 32 years in the State of the Arabian Peninsula facing rising unemployment, a declining oil production and reserves water, as well as chronic protests in the provinces of North and South. Baum Hasan was arrested in the southern port city of "armed military group in a hospital where he was receiving treatment and was taken to an unknown destination, told Reuters his son Fadi Hasan Baum.
Baum was also arrested last November, accused of masterminding illegal demonstrations. Security in Aden was reinforced on Sunday with tanks and armored vehicles on the main streets of the city. In the capital, while about 50 government supporters tried to break up a demonstration outside the University of Sanna over a thousand people.
A supporter of Saleh shot with an assault rifle, but there were no reports of casualties and pro-government supporters were dispersed soon after, as demonstrators continued their protests with chants of "! Out Ali!". Both sides clashed on Saturday in the university, the first use of firearms by protesters on record.
Several were injured and five people, including several girls, the city had lesions in Sheikh Othman, apparently by stray bullets. Five soldiers were also injured Saturday night in Jormaksar and Sheikh Othman when demonstrators clashed with security forces on Sunday said a local official and witnesses.
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