Four killed, 9 wounded in a clash between two tribes in Sanaa
Yemen, Local, 6/2/2003

A security source in Sanaa reported yesterday that four persons were killed and other 9 injured in Sanaa in a fire exchange between members of two tribes.

The clashes took place in front of a court in Sanaa where one member of al-Faqih tribe was tried on charge of killing a man from Anl-Nashatan tribe in a revenge case, according to a judicial source.

The source added the police arrested 11 members of the two tribes who took part in the fire exchange.

Tribal confrontations take place in Yemen commonly. The number of weapons with civilians is estimated at 60 million, according to an official statistics with a an average of three weapons for every person.

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