January 13, 2008
Yemeni Security Fires on Protesters in Aden, Killing Three
3 were shot dead and 12 wounded in Aden, Yemen during a demonstration at Al-Haashimi esplanade today.
Eye witness reports stated that National Security forces shot without warning from rooftops down on to demonstrators. Southern Yemen protesters were meeting to publicly reconcile opposing tribes that clashed on this day in 1986 and unify against northern political oppression. Lack of jobs, lack of fair political representation, and forcibly retired southern military personnel who were replaced by northerners were named as causes of today's demonstration. During an interview a witness reported that demonstrators would resolve to maintain a peaceful stance after the shootings. More exclusive photos and reporting below the fold.
Update: Now with video. Its eight minutes of the crowd rescuing the wounded amid sporadic firing. No one goes home.
On the 21 Anniversary of 13 January events
Yemeni Security Forces Kill Two Persons and Wound Thirteen in Aden
Two persons were killed and fifteen wounded in Aden when Regular Forces opened fire on crowds of southerners protesters who came from all southern governorates in a gesture of reconciliation and tolerance.
The protesters crowded in al-Hashimi station in al-Sheikh Othman district starting in the early morning in commemoration of the 21 anniversary of 13 January 1986 events which occurred in South Yemen between the different wings in socialist party (Y.S.P) who led the south before unity.
A responsible source in the Joint Meeting Parties (J.M.P) in Aden governorate said to Armies of Liberation that the ruling party never ask for peace and what happened in al-Hashimi station this morning is a proof for that, and he added, “We will continue in our adjusted demanded until achieving equal citizenship and get back all our legal rights.”
