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| Protesters Injured, Kidnapped as Yemenis Escalate Revolution |
| 2011-09-05 |
| [Yemen Post] At least four antigovernment protesters were maimed and four others kidnapped when regime forces and snipers attacked a demonstration in Yemen's capital Sana'a on Sunday. Armed pro-regime forces and thugs fired live bullets and teargas at tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Street 60th preventing them from continuing their march. Many forces have been deployed to the main streets in Sana'a after the revolution's organizational committee and the opposition called for escalating the seven-month antigovernment protests to accelerate the ouster of the regime. After the incident, forces of the first armored division, whose commander announced peaceful support to the popular revolution months ago, deployed to the incident site forcing the pro-regime thugs to run away. No festivities between the pro and antigovernment forces took place. |
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