Yemeni police open fire on protesters; 4 wounded

[April 19, 2011]  SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- A Yemeni activist says four anti-government protesters have been wounded after security forces opened fire on demonstrators in south Yemen.

Activist Nouh al-Wafi says several thousand protesters were rallying Tuesday in the city of Taiz to demand the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh when security forces fired on the crowd.

Taiz has been a hotbed of two months of nationwide protests demanding the Saleh's ouster. Four protesters were killed in the southern city earlier this month.

A Yemeni government delegation is expected to leave for Abu Dhabi later Tuesday for talks with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council on the GCC proposal for Saleh to transfer power to his deputy and end the crisis.

Opposition representatives held similar talks Sunday in Saudi Arabia.

[Associated Press]

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