Forces loyal to Yemen’s embattled president Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire on protesters in the city’s liberation square killing several and wounding many more. Liberation square has been at the center of Yemen’s protest movement with the county’s initial protests beginning their in the wake of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions. Dr. Abdulkadir al-Gunaid is a doctor in Yemen. He has been following news of the protests in Taizz. He says that the hospital has been looted and that the forces have damaged everything.
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