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Protesters wounded in police fire

The shooting in the southern city of Dhalae comes amid almost daily violence across swathes of south Yemen, where southerners have staged a fortnight of protests.

  • AP
  • Published: 00:14 April 13, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dhalae, Yemen: Anti-riot police wounded three south Yemen demonstrators when they opened fire on Saturday to disperse thousands of protesters in the latest incident in the restive south, a southern activist said.

The shooting in the southern city of Dhalae comes amid almost daily violence across swathes of south Yemen, where southerners have staged a fortnight of protests to demand equal treatment by the northern-dominated government.

The activist, Abdo Al Muatari, heads a group of retired army officers.

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