SANAA, July 21: Twelve people were killed during clashes on Thursday between security forces and armed demonstrators in a second day of deadly protests against a government decision to hike fuel prices, witnesses said. At least 50 protestors were also wounded in the capital and at least six towns in the south and north, with government forces, backed by army tanks and armoured vehicles, deployed along main roads.

In Sanaa, an intelligence officer and an anti-riot policeman were killed and 10 protestors injured in an exchange of fire during attempts to disperse a demonstration in the Tahez neighbourhood, witnesses said.

Four protestors were killed and 10 others wounded in the town of Al Dali, 250 kilometres south of the capital.

One protestor was killed in the southern town of Demneh.

Three protestors were killed and seven wounded in riots in the western city of Al Hadida, located on the Red Sea, and 15 more protestors were wounded in the southern town of Ibb.—AFP