Yemen president hurt in shelling of palace

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh was injured, four of his guards killed and the speaker of parliament left in critical condition after the presidential palace was hit by shells on Friday, Al Arabiya TV reported. 

The prime minister, Ali Muhammad Mujawar, and the deputy prime minister, Rashad al-Oleime, were also hurt in the attacks as street fighting between Saleh's forces and a tribal federation widened on Friday in the capital Sanaa, the report said.

A TV station run by the country's opposition, called Suhail, reported that Saleh had been killed in the attack, but this was denied by government officials.
"The president is well and he will address the people in one hour, there are some slight injuries among officials," Abdu al-Janadi, deputy information minister, said.


Yemeni sources told NBC News that the president suffered a minor neck injury while praying in a mosque within the presidential compound and would hold a press conference soon.

They said al-Oleime had "serious injuries" and that Mujawar had sustained minor injuries.