Monday, May 9, 2011

Yemeni security forces fire on protesters; 3 dead (AP)



CORRECTING DATE  - Anti-government protestors hurl stones at a Yemeni police using a water cannon to disperse them, during clashes in Taiz, Yemen, Sunday, May 8, 2011.  Security forces backed by army units opened fire Sunday on protesters demanding the ousting of Yemen's longtime president, killing three, an opposition activist said. (AP Photo/Yemen Lens)AP - Yemeni security forces opened fire on demonstrators and launched rocket-propelled grenades at an office building Monday as they cracked down on a protest in the flashpoint city of Taiz in the country's south. Three people were killed, witnesses and medics said.




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