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Following Friday's midday Muslim prayer in Ibb, government forces fired live bullets and tear gas on tens of thousands of protesters demanding Saleh's ouster, killing at least two protesters and injuring another dozen, witnesses said. "Central Security Forces and Republican Guards opened fire and hurled tear gas to the protesters gathering in al-Dairy Street in downtown Ibb while the latter responded with throwing stones," a witness named Mohamed Kasim told Xinhua. Kasim said the clashes, in which the protesters set three of security vehicles on fire, forced both protesters and the security forces to scatter. Protesters in provinces of Sanaa, Dhamar, Al-Hodayda, Al-Bayda, Taiz, Aden, Amran, Shabwa, Marib, Hajja, Sadda, Lahj, Abyan, Al- Mahweet and Hadramout were reportedly marched on Friday. The security and economic situations in the impoverished Arab country have been aggravated by the three-month-long ongoing street protests across the country, calling for an immediate end to Saleh's 33-year rule. Yemeni Minister of Oil and Minerals Amir Salim Al-Aydarus was quoted by official Saba news agency late on Thursday as saying that the country is facing an imminent economic collapse due to attacks on oil pipelines and ongoing unrest. |
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