SANAA/ADEN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- At least two anti-government protesters were killed and dozens were wounded when Yemeni Republican Guard's forces stormed a main square of the protesters demanding president's immediate ouster in southern port city of Aden on Saturday, witnesses said.
"Security forces of the Republican Guards backed by tanks and armored vehicles stormed Shuhada Square in Al-Mansura city in Aden earlier the day, killing two protesters and wounding dozens," one of the witnesses told Xinhua.
The forces managed to break into the square and evict the protesters by firing live bullets, said the eyewitness, adding that the forces set a number of tents on fire and arrested many protesters.
Heavy fire was heard at al-sigen street and the protesters rushed away to avoid being killed by the army forces, an organizer of the protests said.
Local medics told Xinhua that the injures were in protesters' heads, chests and legs.
Almost all districts of Aden witnessed Saturday a full-scale civil disobedience since the early morning, in which nearly all shops, schools and transport were shut down at the request of the youth-led protesters, who rejected an initiative brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Earlier the day, a police officer was shot dead and another two policemen were injured in clashes with gunmen believed to be the separatists of Southern Movement in Al-Mansoura city in Aden, a local security official said.
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