Six Yemenis, three civilians and three anti-regime gunmen, were killed on Saturday in shelling by government forces targeting the country’s second city of Taez and in shootings. Three members of one family were killed in shelling blamed on government forces, while two gunmen were shot dead during clashes with forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, witnesses said. The new casualties take the death toll of clashes and heavy bombing by government forces since Thursday to 30, after nine people, including a young girl, two soldiers and colonel, were killed on Friday.
