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Police in Aden disperse day of rage protests
ADEN, Yemen Dozens of protesters in Aden called Friday for the secession of southern Yemen, before police moved in to disperse them, witnesses said.Security forces backed by tanks fanned out around the capital to head off the so-called day of rage supported by Yemens secessionist Southern Movement. Dozens of protesters nevertheless took to the streets in the districts of Crater, Khor Maksar, and Al-Mansura, chanting out occupation, before they were dispersed, witnesses told AFP. In Al-Masura, police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse the crowd. The Southern Movement, a coalition of groups seeking autonomy or secession of the once-independent South Yemen, has expressed its support earlier this week to Facebook calls for a day of rage in the south. Further east, several hundred people, led by a local separatist leader, Tareq al-Fadhli, took to the streets of Zinjibar, capital of Abyan province, with banners calling for an end to the occupation. No clashes were reported despite a heavy security and military deployment. Police meanwhile fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse a demonstration in Hadramawts provincial capital Mukalla, in the southeast, where protesters blocked roads and set car tyres alight, witnesses said. Posted by: Steve White 2011-02-12 |
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