The Yemeni protesters fire troops

Yemeni troops opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators demanding the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing six and injuring more than 30 for the second consecutive day of clashes Monday in a town in the South, witnesses and medical officials said.

The bloodshed in the city of Taiz more fed most months the Saleh uprising against 32-year-rule. Opposition organizes protest camps continues places major cities of the country, and Monday new demonstrations of solidarity with the demonstrators Taiz broke in several places.

The violence began when thousands of demonstrators across Taiz to the freedom square, where demonstrators have been camped out. With walking the seat of the Governor, troops he has blocked the procession and clashes broke out, with some protesters throwing stones, witnesses said.

A protester with a banner of fire is seen during clashes with the police in Taiz Monday. (Reuters)

Troops fire near roofs opened with live bullets at the crowd and the marchers then turned to besiege the headquarters of the Governor, said Bushra al-Maqtara, a militant in opposition to Taiz and other witnesses.

At least six demonstrators were killed and more than 30 injured, some with shots to the head and chest, said Zakariya Abdul-Qader, a doctor at a clinic set up by demonstrators in the place of freedom. Other doctors at the clinic confirmed the figure.

The army has a on the city of almost half a million, about 200 km south of the capital, Sanaa. For a second day, tanks and armoured vehicles blocked entrances to the city to prevent outsiders from joining the demonstrations. They also surround bottling of thousands protest camp and anyone trying to get out of the arrest, freedom square.

Official Saleh to Taiz high security, Abdullah Kran, to oversee security in Taiz, is accused by protesters of masterminding some of the most brutal repression against demonstrators, particularly in the southern city of Aden portwhere he was previously assigned to transfer several weeks ago.

Marches in solidarity with the demonstrators Taiz erupted in the cities of Mukalla, in the East and Hodeida, on the West coast of the Red Sea, the Yemen. Hodeida, protesters tried to walk on a Presidential Palace in the city, but were blocked by security forces, who opened fire with tear gas and live bullets, said activist Abdel-Hafiz al-Abbasi.

He said that three people were injured.

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