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Egyptian consulate in Yemen stormed as protests rage over Gaza attacks

Angry demonstrators, mainly students, stormed the Egyptian consulate on Tuesday and burnt the Egyptian flag and raised the Palestinian flag instead in the coastal city of Aden, eyewitnesses said.

  • By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent
  • Published: 16:58 December 30, 2008
  • Gulf News

Aden: Angry demonstrators, mainly students, stormed the Egyptian consulate on Tuesday and burnt the Egyptian flag and raised the Palestinian flag instead in the coastal city of Aden, eyewitnesses said.

The main cities in Yemen have been witnessing angry protests over the Israeli war on Gaza for the third consecutive day.

The demonstrators in Aden broke the door of the Egyptian consulate and threw stones on it and set fire to the Egyptian flag and raised the Palestinian one instead, said eyewitnesses.

The security officials, however, said a group of 20 Arab nationals tried to storm the Egyptian consulate, but security forces dispersed them by firing in the air and by using tear gas. About ten demonstrators were arrested, said organizers of the demonstration.

In the capital Sana'a, the security forces blocked all entrances leading to the Egyptian embassy after thousands of university students staged angry demonstrations to condemn the war on Gaza.

And separately, thousands of women and school girls in Sana'a, led by the ruling party, organized a rally, in which women speakers called for the immediate stop of the war on Gaza.

The women demonstrators were carrying pictures of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and were appealing to the Palestinian leaders like Esmail Hania and Mahmoud Abbas to unite for the sake of their land.

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