Government shelling kills 14 in southern Yemen

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

People comfort a man whose mother was killed in shelling by forces loyal to Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on Nov. 11, 2011.

EPA

Yemenis help a wounded protester after he was allegedly shot by army forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh at a hospital in the southern city of Taiz, Yemen, Nov. 11, 2011.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Women mourn for relatives killed in shelling by forces loyal to Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on Nov. 11, 2011.

AP reports:

SANAA, Yemen — In Friday's bloodshed, troops from the Republican Guard, which is led by Saleh's son and is a pillar of his rule, shelled two neighborhoods in the southern city of Taiz and fired at protesters in the city's main square. Fourteen people were killed, said a medical official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters. Continue reading.

Discuss this post

You're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead.
As a new user, you may notice a few temporary content restrictions. Click here for more info.