At least 19 dead, hundreds injured in bloody clashes across Yemen

SANAA, Yemen - At least 19 people were killed and hundreds injured when Yemeni security forces opened fire to disperse protesters in Yemen's capital city and provinces on Wednesday, witnesses and doctors said.

In the capital Sanaa, security forces stormed a camping square of tens of thousands of anti-government protesters on Wednesday evening, leaving at least 14 protesters dead and 236 wounded by gunshots. Another 241 protestors were injured by batons and stones, and 735 were treated for exposure to tear gas, a doctor at a field hospital said.

Earlier in the day, a protester was killed in Sanaa when he marched to the presidential palace along with other demonstrators.