Yemen police open fire on protesters, killing 4
Yemeni police opened fire on demonstrators led by Shiite rebels who were marching toward the prime minister's office in the capital on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding 10, officials said.
Police first fired tear gas then switched to live ammo at the rally, led by so-called Hawthi rebels who have been fighting against Sunni tribesmen in the country's north over the past months and now want to topple the government.
The protests threaten to further destabilize volatile Yemen, the Arab world's most impoverished country where authorities continue to battle militants led by the country's local branch of al-Qaida, which the U.S. consider to be the world's most dangerous offshoot of the terror group.
