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Two killed, 3 injured in clashes between gov''t forces, militants in Yemen

SANAA, Sep 15 (KUNA) -- Two were killed, while three others injured last night in clashes between governmental forces and tribal militants belonging to Sheikh Sadeq Bin Abduallah Al-Ahmar, head of Hashed tribe.
Al-Ahmar, in a press release earlier this morning, accused government forces of attacking his house, and breaching the truce.
The truce was signed between the two sides last June, under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia.
Eyewitnesses told KUNA the clashes took place in Mazda street. Adjacent to 'Al-Thawra' Garden, and close to the ministry of interior, after the attack on Al-Ahmar house.
Two civilians, who were passing by, were killed, while three others were injured, one of them seriously, during a raid carried out by farces of President Ali Abduallah Saleh, medical sources said.
Meanwhile, a child was killed, while a number of people were injured in Aden governorate southern Yemen, which witnessed earlier today a series of terrorist bomb attacks in Al-Mu'alla and Al-Mansoura districts.
Hand grenades were thrown at civilians belonging to the police in Al-Mu'alla and Al-Mansoura, while a third explosion targeted Political Security building in Al-Mansoura.
a 14-year-old boy was killed, while another was injured when the security forces opened fire randomly on people following the explosion of the police station. (end) az.mmj KUNA 151359 Sep 11NNNN