Armies of Liberation

Jane Novak's blog about Yemen

Land theft attempt results in firefight

Filed under: Crime, Security Forces, Yemen, land disputes, political violence — by Jane Novak at 12:38 pm on Tuesday, January 30, 2007

As everything gets more and more concentrated in a few hands:

AS:

Five individuals were seriously wounded Sunday in Hais , Hodaida Province due to erupting armed clashes. Local sources said to Alsahwa that clashes were erupted among citizens and influential figures who tried to grasp lands on the main roads linking between Sana’a and Taiz .

The sources explained that some influential people urged some armed men to control the lands.

Meanwhile, local sources said that they arrested 10 persons who involved in the clashes and that they were released after presenting pledges that they would not return to the lands.

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