Yemen Shelling al Habylean, South Yemen
Update: Four injured and a lot of horror as plain clothes police open fire in the streets and tanks began shelling the city:
Yemen Post: At least four people, two soldiers and two passers-by, were injured in Al-Habilian district, Lahj, in fierce clashes between police and armed gangs on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses were quoted by the Alsahwa website that the casualties took place after policemen spread early today with civil uniforms and personal guns and clashed with armed gangs believed to be of the secessionist movement in the south.
Amid the clashes, armed forces stationing in the area intervened and randomly opened fire using artilleries and tanks causing a state of horror among the people, the sources said. Homes and commercial shops were affected with some burned. Some people including children survived being killed or injured when bullets just missed them.
The clashes were the fiercest ever in one of the districts worst hit by violence in recent years amid separation bids and injustices claims. They also came as President Saleh paid a visit to Lahj and met with the provincial leadership and social figures and security and military leaders in Radfan.
Original post: South Arabian News service and many individuals are reporting the state is shelling the Alhabylyn area from the Alanad military base.
Al-Habilyn / Aden News Agency / Exclusive / 18-05-2010
At least, two other injured, by bullets fired from the military sector in Al-Habilyn city on the platform known as the “platform of martyrs”, After nearly three hours from the cessation of indiscriminate shelling this morning which aimed at the districts of Al-Habilyn and Habeel Gaber and caused two wounded, according to local sources.
The shelling resumed this afternoon caused the injury of the father of “Anas saif Al-Ekimi” who suffered serious injuries while trying to enter the city of Aden with groups coming from the provinces of Lahj and Al-Dhalia to commemorate the festival of independence on November 29, 2008.
And as well as “Aekimi” was wounded, another person named “Mohamed Mokhtar Shaif” was injured and hurried up to one of the clinics of the city.
The clashes erupted on Thursday morning between the army and tribal militants after the establishment of units of the army and the Central Security in the military sector indiscriminate bombing and the departments of Al-Habilyn and Habeel Gaber left four injuries on both sides.
The railway that links Aden with Al-Habilyn witnessed by Aden military developments, yesterday and the day before yesterday, after bloody clashes in the city last Sunday. Al-Dhalia province witnessed similar security developments, this morning, caused, at least, two wounded hurried up to a local hospital in the city.
