Two Yemen Police, Protester Killed in Gunfight

Two Yemeni policemen and a protester were killed in clashes Wednesday in the country's main southern city of Aden, a security official and medics told Agence France Presse.

"Two Yemeni policemen were killed in a clash between security forces and protesters," the security official said.

In another clash, Yemeni troops killed one protester and wounded three others, according to a medical official.

"The army killed Mohsen al-Yahri and wounded three others," the medic said.

The clashes erupted when troops moved to dismantle road blocks set up by protesters who have called for a full strike every Wednesday and Saturday to press their demand for the immediate ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Yemen's Republican Guard, which is led by Saleh's son Ahmed, shot and wounded five people late on Tuesday, in an attempt to disperse pro- and anti-Saleh protesters who clashed in Aden, medical officials said.

During Tuesday's clashes, protesters calling for Saleh's ouster attacked a women's rally loyal to the 69-year-old leader, witnesses said.

The Republican Guard intervened, shooting live rounds at the protesters in what developed into a gunfight between both sides.

Clashes during protests calling for Saleh's ouster have left at least 130 people dead since January.