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Yemeni troops fire on protesters, killing one

SANAA - Troops opened fire on Sunday on anti-regime protesters calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to be tried for crimes against Yemenis, killing one person, an AFP correspondent said.

Published: Sun 25 Sept 2011, 3:32 PM

Updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 9:43 AM

The protester was shot in the head as he shouted into a megaphone while perched on top of a minivan that was leading the march of tens of thousands of people in the city, where more than 170 people have been killed in a week.