Sunday, July 29, 2012

Asking for employment while Muslim: 100 Yemeni tribesmen storm Interior Ministry building, demand to be enlisted in the police force

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SANAA (Reuters) - About 100 armed tribesmen loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh stormed the Interior Ministry building in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday demanding to be enlisted in the police force, an official said.

The tribesmen briefly held some employees hostage before freeing them a few hours later, the Interior Ministry official said. [...]

"At midday, the armed tribesmen... stormed the ministry's building, took control of it and climbed onto the roof with their guns," the official said.

"They refuse to leave until their demands are met."

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