[ADN Kronos] At least two people were killed and six others were injured when police reportedly clashed with a group of demonstrators early Monday in Lahaj province in southern Yemen. The demonstration was held to mark the deaths of four protesters who were killed in a previous clash with police two weeks ago. Can I guess what they'll be doing in two weeks ...
The protesters, who were described as pro-separatists, accused local police of shooting at the crowd even though the demonstration was peaceful.
The term "peaceful" can be open to pretty wide interpretation in Yemen.
Yemeni police and protesters clashed in the last week of May during a demonstration held to mark the anniversary when South Yemen's leader declared a breakaway state 15 years ago, residents and witnesses said. They said one man was killed in the clashes and two others died from wounds sustained in the clashes in a suburb of the southern city of Aden.
That one was prob'ly peaceful, too.
Ali Abdallah Saleh assumed power in former North Yemen in 1978 and has been president since it was united with the south in 1990.
Seems like it was only yesterday they were chopping each other's heads off...
He fought a brief war in 1994 against southern separatists after their leader Ali Salem al-Baid declared an end to the union.