An unnamed motorcyclist, shortly after dawn, opened fire on the garrison of anti-government protesters in the coastal town of al-Hudaydah, Yemen. The protesters were preparing for the dawn prayer, the first of the five canonical observant Muslims. According to testimonies gathered by international news agencies, the motorcyclist was shot in the pile of people camped out for days to show their opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power for over thirty years.