Dozens in Yemen Hurt as Saleh Supporters Celebrate Leader
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Dozens of Yemenis were injured after supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh fired bullets into the air in celebration after the army reported that the president was returning to the country soon.
Saleh is recuperating in Saudi Arabia after surgery for injuries sustained during a June 3 bombing of a mosque in his presidential compound in Sana’a, the capital. Mohammed al-Kamal, a doctor, said 70 wounded people were admitted to al-Thawrah public hospital in Sana’a last night. Bushra al-Maktari, a protest activist, said by telephone that another 12 people were wounded by celebratory gunfire in the southern city of Taiz.