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Yemen’s President Saleh ‘wounded in palace attack’
June 3, 2011
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Four of his guards were killed and the speaker of the parliament was in a critical condition after shells hit a mosque in the compound. The prime minister was also reportedly injured in the attacks as street fighting between President Saleh’s forces and a tribal federation widened on Friday in the capital Sana’a.
Opposition television claimed President Saleh was killed after the attack but the reports appeared to be false. A Yemeni party official later said President Saleh was “fine”, and will hold a news conference later today.
The attack was blamed by the authoritites on dissident tribesmen loyal to Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, who have been Read more…
Categories: Protests, Yemen
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Change Square, civil war, protests, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemen
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