Two killed in clashes between rival factions in Yemeni army


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Aug 2013

SANAA (Reuters) - At least two people died and five were wounded in clashes between soldiers once loyal to Yemen's ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh and a rival army faction in Sanaa on Friday, police and medical sources said.

Hundreds of members of Yemen's now dissolved elite Republican Guard gathered on a parade ground near the presidential palace in the capital to protest against what they say is neglect by the new leadership.

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