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| Activist dies in Yemen clashes |
| 2011-03-17 |
| [Arab News] An activist of the main Islamist opposition was rubbed out in a shootout with pro-regime loyalists in northern Yemen on Tuesday. Tribal sources say Naser Musleh Nasm was "killed in the armed clash with supporters of the ruling General People's Congress," in Al-Jawf province. The same sources said security forces and GPC supporters have surrounded the government headquarters and threatened to evict protesters that have controlled it since Monday. "The police have warned the demonstrators that they should evacuate the building or else they will be evicted by force," a tribal leader said. Also on Tuesday Yemen's Interior Ministry sacked the security chief of the southern province of Aden, Brig. Gen. Abdullah Qairan, apparently over the military crackdown on protesters in Aden, local media sources said. The city has witnessed the most violent festivities in the country since the beginning of the wave of protests in January. More than twenty were killed when police used live bullets to disperse protesters. Protesters and human right activists blamed Qairan for the excessive use of force against the protesters. |
| Posted by:Fred |