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| One killed, another wounded at Aden court |
| 2004-12-05 |
| A day of horror and outrage was witnessed on Monday, 28 November when Abdurrahman Mohammad Al-Sawka was killed and Hussein Mohammad Karout wounded when a policeman opened fire to disperse a crowd of people gathering in front of the Sira Court in Aden. The court was crowded with people during a hearing concerning the alleged murder of Awadh Khamis Al-Hinki and Hussein Ali Masaod. An officer from the Intelligence Department was convicted of the murder of the two victims on 19 October 2004. The judge of the court adjourned the hearing for the third time and this aroused tension among relatives of the two victims who were present at the court. A source at the court security said the people assembled held a sit-in blocking the traffic in the street leading to the court. Security measures were intensified in the vicinity of the court to enable the suspect to be taken out peacefully since the protestors attempted to snatch him from among the police recruits. On the other hand, an eyewitness said a policeman belonging to the central security got out of a police vehicle and fired randomly in the air and to the ground in an apparent attempt to disperse the crowd. As a result, passerby Hussein Karout was wounded in his foot and Abdurrahman Al-Sawka was killed while he was standing near the court carrying his child. An eyewitness described the murder scene by saying that despite being fatally shot, the victim tried to keep himself balanced and not fall in order not to harm his child before he was prevented from falling by some of the horror-stricken people, who were present at the moment. |
| Posted by:Fred |