Yemen At Least 39 Dead And 200 Injured

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Unidentified gunmen firing on an anti-government rally in the Yemeni capital Sanaa have killed at least 39 people and injured 200, doctors told the BBC.

The gunmen fired from rooftops overlooking the central square in what the opposition called a massacre.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh later declared a national state of emergency.

He said he regretted Friday's casualties but denied security forces had been behind the shooting, as the opposition demanded his resignation.

"There is no longer any possibility of mutual understanding with this regime and he has no choice but to surrender authority to the people," Yassin Noman, rotating president of Yemen's umbrella opposition group, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.

Another opposition spokesman, Mohammad al-Sabri, accused Mr Saleh of presiding over a "massacre".

"This is part of a criminal plan to kill off the protesters, and the president and his relatives are responsible for the bloodshed in Yemen today," he told the Associated Press news agency.

In international reaction, France demanded an end to attacks "by security forces and armed pro-government groups... against people exercising their rights to free speech and demonstration", Reuters reports.

A month of violence has gripped Yemen and demonstrators reportedly gathered in other cities across the country on Friday:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12783585

[FAH1223]

I know a white dude who is studying Arabic abroad in Yemen, said he is being evacuated right now

[tightrope]

SOCOTRA HERE WE COME!

[Spursman]

subhannallah caadi mahaa things are really going down in this dunya for real alhamdulilah we have health and safety ruunti saye alhamdulilah people

[Kukri]

They trow stones then cry like a lil b'itch. Law and order above phantom decmocracy!

[Basra-]

and we should care because???

[Spursman]

caadi iska dig bacda iska fuur

[Hyperactive]

I know a white dude who is studying Arabic abroad in Yemen, said he is being evacuated right now

lol whites wa paranoid. war life is normal in san'a. they cannot afford to close shops or businesses. my mom just left to sana'a last Wednesday.

[D-Runner]

Good! Let the whole world lit up in fire. Except for few were all suffering anyways.

[Hyperactive]

they already suffering bro. gaajo iyo faqri ba duleyey.