| Yemeni police have clashed with followers of a rebel religious leader in the mountainous north of the Arab country, an official source said on Monday. The police were trying to arrest Shi’ite leader Hussein al-Houthi in Saada, 240 km (150 miles) north of Sanaa. The source, who declined to be identified, said the clashes took place on Sunday and Monday. Opposition party reports said four men were killed and five injured, but the source could not confirm the deaths. Yemeni authorities believe Houthi, a leader of the Zaidi sect which is strong in northern Yemen, is also the leader of the rebel group ’The Believing Youth’, which has led violent protests against the United States and Israel at mosques, the source said. |