
10/02/2012 19:30
2 protestors killed in Yemen
Yemeni troops killed two people on Thursday when they opened fire on a rally in the southern province of Dalea calling for a boycott of an election to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, activists said, the Reuters reports.
Weakened by months of protests against Saleh's rule, the Yemeni government has lost control of whole chunks of the country, giving southern separatists, northern Shi'ite rebels and Islamist militants a window to further their goals.
A senior officer was killed late on Thursday in a hail of bullets fired by militants riding motorcycles, said witnesses in the southern province of Lahej, underscoring the security challenges Yemen faces as it prepares to go to the polls.