SANAA – Security forces and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire during protests in the Yemeni city of Taiz, south of the capital, on Tuesday, a day after clashes there killed 15 people, witnesses said.
Witnesses told that several people had been hurt, but there was no word yet from medical sources on casualties.
They said hundreds of security troops attacked tens of thousands of protesters, and said men they believed were plainclothes police were wielding bats and daggers. Protesters responded to the attack by hurling rocks at security forces.
