Yemeni troops kill 12 protesters

Witnesses and medics said Yemeni security forces opened fire on tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators trying to march towards state buildings.

They said dozens were wounded and taken to a field hospital in Sixty Street. A Yemeni government soldier also died in the clashes,government sources said.

Witnesses said troops initially used tear gas against the demonstrators,who responded by hurling stones at security forces.

Tareq Noman,head of the field hospital,told Al Jazeera television that his facility had received ten bodies and that hundreds were wounded. The deputy information minister,Abdu al-Janadi,said the death toll was lower.