Yemen: state of emergency after pro-government snipers massacre protesters
- Xeni Jardin
- Uncategorized
- Mar 18, 2011
- human rights, International, News
Yemeni security forces and plainclothes snipers on rooftops shot dead up to 42 protesters at an anti-government rally in Sanaa after Muslim prayers on Friday. President Ali Abdullah Saleh has since declared a state of emergency. “The Interior Ministry put the death toll at 25, but doctors said 42 people had died and at least 300 were injured.” (Reuters)