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Rebels: Gov’t Fired Rockets at Crowd

Yemen

Killing at least four.

Protesters in Yemen say the military fired rockets at them, killing four and wounding seven others. “During a peaceful protest this Friday morning... demanding the fall of the regime, an end to corruption and political change, a military site fired rockets at a group of protesters and hit dozens of people," a statement from the Shi’ite protesters said. The rebels, known as the Houthis, after their leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi, have been in an on-and-off war with the Yemeni government since 2004.

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