| 15 killed in clashes at Yemen ministry |
SANAA A firefight between Yemeni security forces and gunmen dressed in police uniforms killed 15 people and wounded 43 at the interior ministry in Sanaa on Tuesday, medical and security officials said.
“The number of dead has increased to 15, in addition to 43 wounded,” a medic said.
A security official confirmed the toll.
The armed tribesmen loyal to former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh were trying to storm the interior ministry, a medical source said.
Security forces regained control of the situation, a government source said. A reporter saw three armoured vehicles and soldiers guarding the entrance to the ministry. Dozens of tribesmen exchanged fire with security forces during their second attempt at seizing the ministry in just three days, to demand jobs in the police force.
The tribesmen say they were promised jobs in reward for siding with Saleh during the uprising that eventually unseated him.
On Sunday, around 100 tribesmen occupied the ministry, vacating it on Monday after officials promised to heed their demands.
Tribesmen were also behind the kidnapping of an Italian embassy security officer on Sunday, the ministry said. A Yemeni official said the governor of the province of Maarib, where the Carabinieri officer is being held, was mediating with the abductors for his release.
Agencies
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