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Security forces open fire and spray water cannons on a protest march in the capital of Yemen, killing two demonstrators. Not long after, a ceasefire is signed between a dissident general and government forces.
The Yemeni government and a dissident general signed a ceasefire on Tuesday, amid continued violent unrest in the capital Sanaa.
Just hours before the agreement, witnesses said five civilians including a child were killed in crossfire between state troops and opposition fighters in the city of Taiz.
In Sanaa security forces opened fire on a protest march in the capital Sanaa, killing two people, witnesses said.
Forces sprayed demonstrators with water cannons and intermittent gunfire rang out as thousands of protesters marched through the streets.
Demonstrators waved the Yemeni flag and carried posters of Ernesto Che Guevara, before the rally turned violent.
Injured protesters winced with physical injuries as they waited for treatment in a local field hospital.
[Unidentified Protester]:
"We were walking in the street of al Zeraah. They (security) told us walk in peace, and when we arrived, to the area (al Ga'a), they besieged us from behind, and a military vehicle sprayed us from the front, and then we were fired upon by bullets. They opened fire, threw stones at us, fired tear gas, water."
A government official said the deal between President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government and breakaway General Ali Mohsen was mediated by a local committee chaired by the vice president and would take effect at 3 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Tuesday.
Several previous truce accords have failed to hold.
A political standoff between Saleh and a motley coalition of protesters escalated last month into bloody confrontations between government troops and dissident soldiers and tribesman...
