Yemeni Government Responds to Reports of Crackdown in Sanaa

The Takeaway

More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in a  crackdown  by the Yemeni government against protesters in the capital of Sanaa. Yemen’s minister of trade and industry, Hisham Sharaf Abdullah  responds to the reports, and claims they have been fabricated.

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