2 dead in Yemen clashes

SANAA: Two people died and four were wounded in clashes yesterday between security forces and protesters in south Yemen, a medical source said.

The deaths bring the toll to 11 civilians and 11 soldiers killed in such clashes in the south since early May, according to witnesses and an official government statement. People in the south, home to most of Yemen’s oil facilities, have long complained that northerners abused a unity agreement to grab their resources and discriminate against them.

The clashes in Radfan in Lahej province, which took place as mourners gathered to bury six people who they say died in the recent clashes with security forces, were also reported by Al Jazeera.