(12 Mar 2011)
1. Wide riot police throwing stones anti-government protesters
2. Wide riot police arriving at protest site
3. Wide anti government protesters throwing stones at riot-police, riot-police fire teargas at protesters
4. Mid of anti-government protester taking-off shirt challenging the riot-police
5. Wide of scuffles between anti-government protesters and pro-government loyalists
6. Mid of an army officer led along apparently joining the anti-government protests
7. Wide anti-riot police throwing stones anti-government protesters
8. Wide of security forces using water cannon against protesters
9. Wide of protesters running away from teargas UPSOUND: Gunfire
10. Wide of security forces using water cannon against protesters
11. Wide of security forces and pro-government supporters moving the tents of anti-government protesters
12. Wide of anti-government protesters running away from teargas
13. Mid shot of protester showing bullets allegedly used by security forces against the protesters.
14. Wide shot of injured protesters being treated on concrete floor of building
15. Various shots of injured protesters
16. Mid shot of injured doctor giving the sign of victory
17. Various shots of injured protesters
18. Wide shot of ambulances leaving the site
STORYLINE:
Yemeni security forces fired live bullets, tear gas and water cannon on two pro-democracy demonstrations on Saturday, killing three people, one a 15-year-old student.
Hundreds more were injured as the government clamped down on a growing protest movement, according to witnesses.
The violence began with a pre-dawn raid on a central square in the capital, Sanaa, where thousands of pro-democracy protesters have been camped out for the past month to demand the end of President Ali Abdullah Salehs' reign.
An ally in the Obama's administration's fight against al-Qaida, Saleh has been in power for 32 years.
Doctors and eyewitnesses said security troops surrounded the square with police cars and armoured personnel carriers shortly after midnight and began calling on protesters through loudspeakers to go home.
At 5 a.m. (0800 GMT), security forces stormed in, firing tear gas and live ammunition.
One protester died from a bullet to the head, which may have come from a sniper on the rooftop of a nearby building, witnesses said.
A few hours later, another protester was shot dead in a nearby street.
Eyewitnesses said he was also shot by a sniper, but that could not be independently confirmed. Security officials did not have any immediate comment.
Abdelwahed al-Juneid, a volunteer doctor working with the protesters, said around 250 people were wounded.
Meanwhile in the port city of Mukalla in the southeastern province of Hadramout, a 15-year-old was shot dead when security troops opened fire on protesters.
Twelve people were wounded in similar violence in Yemen's southern province of Taiz.
Saturday's raid on the Sanaa square came after Yemen's largest demonstrations in a month on Friday were met by police gunfire that injured at least six protesters and seemed certain to fuel more anger against the deeply unpopular president.
Demonstrators are demanding jobs and greater political freedoms.
Saleh has tried to calm protesters by proposing that the government create a new constitution guaranteeing the independence of parliament and the judiciary - but protesters have said it's too little, too late.
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