Unrest in Taiz at Registration Centers
This is so bad, electoral related violence is really spreading. Taiz is a big city.
Al-Motamar paper of the ruling party.
Taiz security reveals psychological disorder behind bomb-throwing
Wednesday, 19-November-2008
Almotamar.net - Security chief of Taiz governorate General Yahya al-Haisami affirmed the release on Tuesday of all persons detained over riots against election committees in the governorate.In a statement to almotamar.net on Wednesday General al-Haisami said his administration detained elements that carried out acts of riot and prevented people from registering in records and attempted to expel field committees from centres and all of them were released after few hours of their detention after they have signed pledges of not returning to acts of riot at electoral constituencies, adding there is no detainee at present at his administration.
On the other hand the chief of security at the governorate said investigations with the persons who pelted a bomb and caused the injury of 16 persons on Tuesday revealed that the perpetrator Muntasir Ali Hassan al-Duais, 40 years, from Ibb governorate is suffering from psychological disorder, denying any other motive of the incident of Tuesday and caused the injury of 16 persons, two of whom seriously injured.
al-Sahwa Sahwa Net – Security forces arrested on Tuesday dozens of demonstrators using live bullets to disperse those checkpoints to block protests.
The Joint Meeting Parties denounced those acts describing them as arbitrary and calling, in the meantime, its supporters to go on their peaceful struggle.
On the other hand, JMP of Sharab district held a massive march which roamed the constituency’s election centers, expressing refusal of manipulating electoral lists by the authorities.
