Yemeni protesters shot dead at Sana'a University

Source: Guardian

Pro-government gunmen open fire on students staging a sit-in, killing at least two and wounding 21

Unrest in Yemen intensified on Tuesday night when at least two protesters were shot dead during a street battle between pro- and anti-government demonstrators at the gates of Sana'a University.

The fatalities were the first in the capital after 12 days of anti-government protests that have swept across the country, and follow uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

Medics at the university said 21 people, many of them teenagers, were wounded when a mob of supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh broke through a police line and fired at protesters with AK47 assault rifles as well as pistols. Witnesses said the balaataja (pro-government thugs) fired weapons into the air before turning on the protesters and shooting at random into the crowd.



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