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| Five Shot Dead in Sanaa Protests |
| 2011-10-19 |
| [An Nahar] At least five protesters were killed and dozens maimed on Tuesday as gunnies loyal to President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... shot up demonstrators in the Yemeni capital, an Agence La Belle France Presse journalist and medics said. The bodies of two demonstrators were taken earlier to a makeshift hospital in Change Square, where anti-Saleh protesters have camped out, an AFP photographer said. Dozens of demonstrators were maimed or hurt by tear gas. A medic said the corpse count at the field clinic had risen to four. Another dead protester was taken to the Republican government hospital, along with four others maimed, including one at death's door, a medic there said. Demonstrators came under fire from gunnies and police in Ziraa Street as they marched from Change Square to Al-Qaa neighborhood, which is controlled by Saleh loyalists, witnesses said. Armed men loyal to Saleh had erected tents in the street to block the march. The protesters came under attack after passing the tents towards Al-Qaa, a district where government buildings are located. |
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