In Yemen, at least another six people have been shot and wounded as troops moved to quell demonstrations demanding the immediate ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Media reports said, activists were keeping up demonstrations for a second day today after rejecting a Gulf Cooperation Council plan for an orderly transition that would allow Mr Saleh to hand over power to his deputy in 30 days. The protesters oppose the softer line taken by the Common Forum, a Yemeni parliamentary opposition coalition which agreed to the GCC proposal. An organiser of the protest said troops used live ammunition against crowds in the town of Taez, south of the capital Sanaa and three men were wounded, one seriously. Witnesses said in Aden farther south, three people were wounded when security forces opened fire on demonstrators.
News On AIR | April 26, 2011 9:04 PM
Six protestors injured in Yemen as troops moved to quell demonstrations