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| Violence in south Yemen after separatistÂ’s arrest | |
| 2010-11-12 | |
The checkpoint clash occurred hours before about 4,000 people, according to local residents, took to the streets in the southern city of Dalea for a second day of protests against TuesdayÂ’s arrest of the leader of a southern secessionist group. Hasan Baoum is accused of planning illegal demonstrations. A Dalea official said a group of protesters broke away and made an attempt to break into a local prison, but were driven off by police. Hours after the protest, gunmen threw a grenade at a military vehicle at a checkpoint, setting it ablaze and wounding four soldiers. Two gunmen, suspected separatists, were wounded in the attack, a security official in Dalea said. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |