FILE – In this file image taken from a prerecorded video and broadcast July 7, 2011 on Yemen state TV from Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh makes his first public appearance since he was injured in a blast at his palace compound in June, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned Friday to the violence-torn Yemeni capital after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a surprise move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents. (AP Photo/Yemen state TV, File) YEMEN OUT
FILE – In this file image taken from a prerecorded video and broadcast July 7, 2011 on Yemen state TV from Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh makes his first public appearance since he was injured in a blast at his palace compound in June, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned Friday to the violence-torn Yemeni capital after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a surprise move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents. (AP Photo/Yemen state TV, File) YEMEN OUT
Supporters of Yemen’s President Ali Abduallah Saleh stand on flag poles celebrating his return to Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents that have turned the capital into a war zone. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
A supporter of Yemen’s President Ali Abduallah Saleh chants slogans during a rally celebrating his return to Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents that have turned the capital into a war zone. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Supporters of Yemen’s President Ali Abduallah Saleh stand on flag poles celebrating his return to Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents that have turned the capital into a war zone. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
A supporter of Yemen’s President Ali Abduallah Saleh salutes as he stands on a flag pole with others celebrating his return to Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents that have turned the capital into a war zone. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
SANAA, Yemen (AP) ? A Yemeni medic says 16 people have died as government forces and snipers attacked an opposition protest camp in the capital Sanaa.
Medic Mohammed al-Qabatis says troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh tried to storm the protesters’ encampment in the early hours on Saturday. The camp on Change Square has been epicenter of Yemen’s uprising and daily sit-ins to demand Saleh’s ouster.
Al-Qabatis, who works at a field hospital set up in the camp, says the dead included 15 civilians and one soldier who had joined the opposition movement. He says 54 people were also wounded in the attack.
The latest bloodshed came a day after Saleh’s sudden return to Yemen after more than three months of being treated in Saudi Arabia.
Associated Press
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