Two people have been killed and several others injured in a clash between soldiers once loyal to Yemen's ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh and a rival army faction in the capital Sana�a.
The clashes erupted on Friday when hundreds of members of Yemen's now dissolved elite Republican Guard gathered on a parade ground near the presidential palace in the capital to protest against what they say is neglect by the new leadership.

Last year, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi abolished the elite unit, led by the eldest son of the former president, in a bid to strengthen his control of the armed forces.

Shots were fired between the protesting soldiers and the Presidential Guard, a force which is loyal to Hadi.

Two soldiers from the Republican Guard died in the shooting, a medical source said.

A police official said that five people were also wounded in the incident.

Some reports said the soldiers were demanding that the Finance Ministry pay them a bonus for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Other report said they wanted compensation.

Yemen�s military remains divided between loyalists and opponents of Saleh, who resigned in 2012 after a year of mass protests against his three-decade rule.

By Press TV

 

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