Five dead as police and army clash at checkpoint

Four policemen and an army officer who had joined anti-regime protesters were killed in an overnight clash at a checkpoint north of Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

By News Wires (text)

AFP - Four policemen and an officer in an army unit that has sided with anti-regime protesters were killed in an overnight clash at a checkpoint north of Yemen's capital, a military official said on Wednesday.

"Police attacked an army checkpoint in Amran province," 170 kilometres (105 miles) from Sanaa, "killing one officer and wounding two soldiers," the official told AFP.

Four policemen also died as security forces traded fire with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades in the clash late on Tuesday, he said.