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Arabia
Yemen Zaidis Say Rebels Freed after Clashes
2013-06-16
[An Nahar] Iranian catspaws in Yemen known as Zaidis said on Saturday several of their men enjugged
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during festivities with police in Sanaa have been freed under an "arrangement".

"The authorities have released a number of detainees, members of Ansarullah (Supporters of God)," their front man Ali al-Bukhaiti told Agence La Belle France Presse.

Bukhaiti, one of the group's representatives in a Yemeni national dialogue, said they were freed "in an arrangement with the authorities" under which members of the group maimed in festivities last Sunday will be treated.

A shootout erupted when rebels, among a crowd demanding the release of members of their community, attacked the national security headquarters with automatic weapons and grenades.

Ansarullah said 13 of its members were killed and 100 maimed. A security official said 87 more were incarcerated
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On Monday, the Zaidis staged a similar protest and urged the government to address the killings.

A security source on Saturday confirmed to AFP "the release of seven detainees arrested several months ago for having false passports or undergoing military training in Iran".

In return, Ansarullah had agreed not to boycott the national dialogue, its front man said, while reserving the right to protest if the authorities did not respect the "arrangement".
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