Two protesters killed in Yemen

Two Yemeni anti-government protesters were killed in separate clashes today, including one shot dead in Ibb after plainclothes…

Two Yemeni anti-government protesters were killed in separate clashes today, including one shot dead in Ibb after plainclothes security men opened fire to halt a protest march, medical sources said.

A further 30 demonstrators were wounded in Ibb, eight by bullets and the rest by stones and batons, the sources told Reuters. A second protester was killed in the province of al-Baida in southern Yemen.

In Taiz, 250 people were treated for inhaling tear gas and 50 were wounded - 25 by bullets and 25 by stones, medical sources said.

Reuters