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Yemen police open fire on protesters, killing 4

By Ahmed AlHaj
Published September 9, 2014 12:25pm ET
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Yemen police open fire on protesters, killing 4
Hawthi protesters bring a fellow protester, who was injured in clashes with Yemeni police, to a hospital, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Yemeni police opened fire on Shiite Hawthi protesters marching toward the prime minister's office in the capital, Sanaa, killing several people and wounding many, officials said. The Hawthi protest threatens to further destabilize volatile Yemen, the Arab world's most impoverished country where authorities continue to battle militants led by the country's al-Qaida branch, considered by the U.S. to be the world's most dangerous offshoot of the terror group. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) | Hani Mohammed

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — 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.

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