(Warning graphic photo) Yemen death toll grows as fighting spreads

[nadinbrzezinski]

Reporting from Cairo and Sana, Yemen— The wounded and the dead were carried through alleys beneath the gaze of rooftop snipers in Yemen's capital Monday as men with rifles guarded their homes and protesters clashed with security forces amid explosions and spirals of smoke.

There seemed no safe place in the barricaded ancient city of Sana, which has become a caldron of revolt for tribesmen, demonstrators and former soldiers battling forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemen has skirted the edge of civil war for months, but the violence of recent days suggests the rage among so many well-armed factions may be uncontainable.

At least 25 people were killed and hundreds wounded when government soldiers fired on mostly unarmed protesters for the second day in the capital. Twenty-six people died Sunday, shattering a stalemate between opposition and pro-Saleh forces. Violence spread to other cities across the country, including Aden and Taizz. Media reports said shelling and gunfire echoed in Taizz into Monday's dawn.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-yemen-protests-20110920,0,4139282.story

[Skittles]

1. omg that picture

:cry:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Agreed... it is a powerful one

[Marrah_G]

3. That picture is heart breaking

The doctor's face is worth a thousand words.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. just added...

[Lasher]

5. What sort of monster could hurt that poor little baby?

What a terrible thing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. I have met a few

and trust me, you do not want to. But they live around you and under proper conditions...