Four persons are killed, Yemeni police besiege a scholar

News reports in Sanaa said that hundreds of the Yemeni security forces are besieging a village in Saadah governorate. 250 Km to the north of the country, to force a clergy man called al-Sheikh Hussein Bader Eddine al-Houthi to surrender himself after it had detained several of his students and followers.

News reports in the area said that the police men clashed with hundreds of al-Houthi followers and the confrontations resulted in four killed persons and wounding five. However, a security source told Saba news agency that two police men were killed and other five were injured.

Al-Houthi followers said that their Sheikh is wanted by the authorities because he disgraced the US in his prayers in one of the mosques.

Al-Houthi is a member of the Shiite Zeidi community leaders. He was a former parliament member for Iran- pro al-Haq party and is currently presiding over a group calling itself " the believing youths" whose members chanted slogans against the US and Israel inside the Yemeni mosques.