Four shot dead in anti-Houthi protests in Yemen's Taiz

TAIZ (Reuters) - Soldiers and Houthi gunmen shot dead at least four people on Tuesday as demonstrators took to the streets of Taiz, central Yemen, to protest against the Houthi take-over of the city, medical officials and witnesses said.

The bloodshed took place as other Houthi forces advanced south from several directions on the port city of Aden, where President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has set up base since fleeing the capital Sanaa last month.