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May 12, 2011

Yemeni Forces Attack Demonstrators, Kill 9 
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State forces in Yemen opened fire on protesters in three cities
Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others. A
doctor in the capital city of Sana'a reported six people were killed and
roughly 100 were wounded when shooters opened fire on a crowd numbering
in the tens of thousands marching to the cabinet building. Speaking from
a hospital ward filled with wounded protesters, one witness described
the assault.

Witness: "So many people were hit by bullets. So many people are killed
everywhere. So many people are killed. This regime doesn't know mercy. I
call on a revolution that destroys this regime. I call on an awakening
of the people to destroy this regime and this killer (Saleh) who killed
our martyrs."

The violence came as protests against embattled president, Ali Abdullah
Saleh, entered their fourth month.



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