At least one person was killed and nearly 100 injured in the military
fire toward Sanaa University, Middle East Newsline reported. The sources said the military and police, many
of them trained by the United States, were also using live fire against
protesters in other areas of Yemen.
"It is a crime by security troops against students engaged in a peaceful
sit-in," Qahtan said.
The sources said military deployment appeared to mark the final tool
by Saleh in his attempt to quell the protest movement. Hundreds of thousands
of people have been gathering throughout Yemen to demand the immediate
resignation of Saleh, in power since 1978.
The protest movement was reported to have intimidated schools in
attempts to recruit students to join the demonstrations. In Aden, protest
organizers raided schools and threatened that they would be torched unless
teachers and students left their classrooms and joined the anti-regime
campaign.
"Reportedly, children and teachers were threatened and told if they
would not leave the schools and join the protest, they [the schools] would
be burnt down," the United Nations Children's Fund said. "Gun shots were
heard in the area."
The opposition has asserted that the Saleh regime has lost control over
much of Yemen. The sources said anti-government rallies were also organized
in Dhamar, a tribal area long regarded as loyal to the president.
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