Shelling kills 5 tribesmen in Sanaa
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Shelling kills 5 tribesmen in Sanaa
SANAA: Shelling in Yemen's capital killed five supporters of a powerful opposition chieftain on Tuesday, his tribe said, as clashes intensified between embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh's security forces and the tribesmen.
In the second successive day of fighting, a source close to tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar told AFP that "an armoured vehicle stationed near the interior ministry fired shells and killed five people" outside his home.
Machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades were used as fierce fighting between police and tribesmen loyal to Ahmar gripped Al-Hasaba neighbourhood in northern Sanaa where the tribal chief's home and the ministry are located, an AFP correspondent said.
"Two tribesmen were wounded" on Tuesday, another tribal source close to Ahmar said, adding heavy shelling also targetted tribesmen stationed at several government buildings including the trade and industry ministry.
Meanwhile, Yemen state television quoted an interior ministry official as saying that Ahmar's supporters fired grenades at the buildings of the ministries of interior and tourism, as well as the state news agency Saba.
Heavy gunfire was heard near Ahmar's home where tribal dignitaries from Yemen's powerful tribes of Bakil and Hashid had gathered in support of Ahmar.
Most of the dignitaries had insisted on a peaceful solution to end the violence that killed six people Monday, although tribal mediators have so far failed to secure a ceasefire. (AFP)
In the second successive day of fighting, a source close to tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar told AFP that "an armoured vehicle stationed near the interior ministry fired shells and killed five people" outside his home.
Machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades were used as fierce fighting between police and tribesmen loyal to Ahmar gripped Al-Hasaba neighbourhood in northern Sanaa where the tribal chief's home and the ministry are located, an AFP correspondent said.
"Two tribesmen were wounded" on Tuesday, another tribal source close to Ahmar said, adding heavy shelling also targetted tribesmen stationed at several government buildings including the trade and industry ministry.
Meanwhile, Yemen state television quoted an interior ministry official as saying that Ahmar's supporters fired grenades at the buildings of the ministries of interior and tourism, as well as the state news agency Saba.
Heavy gunfire was heard near Ahmar's home where tribal dignitaries from Yemen's powerful tribes of Bakil and Hashid had gathered in support of Ahmar.
Most of the dignitaries had insisted on a peaceful solution to end the violence that killed six people Monday, although tribal mediators have so far failed to secure a ceasefire. (AFP)
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