Yemeni forces kill 21 protesters as sit-in smashed | Bangkok Post: news

Forces loyal to Yemen's embattled president killed 21 protesters as they crushed a sit-in demonstration in Taez, an organiser said on Monday, as suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six soldiers in the south.

Yemeni anti-regime mourners pray in front of the body of a fighter loyal to opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, who as killed in clashes with Yemeni government security forces, during his funeral in Sanaa. Forces loyal to Yemen's embattled president killed 21 protesters as they crushed a sit-in demonstration in Taez, an organiser said on Monday.

Security service agents backed by army and Republican Guards stormed the protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the city's Freedom Square, shooting at demonstrators and setting fire to their tents, protesters said.