Grenade lobbed at Yemen protesters, 25 hurt: witnesses

A hand grenade was Friday hurled into a crowd of Yemeni anti-regime protesters in the centre of the city of Taez, south of Sanaa, injuring 25 people, witnesses said.

A hand grenade was Friday hurled into a crowd of Yemeni anti-regime protesters in the centre of the city of Taez, south of Sanaa, injuring 25 people, witnesses said.

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"One of the wounded is in critical condition," one witness told AFP.

Protesters demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have been camped at a road intersection near Al-Huraish Square in Taez for seven days.