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A local non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Information and Training on Human Rights, confirmed the shooting and denounced "the suppression of a peaceful march of students."
There was no immediate word from the authorities over the shooting.
Troops tried to disperse the students who were joined by anti-government protesters who have since late January been demanding the immediate departure of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the protest organiser said.
He said the young students had been demanding a postponement of their final exams to allow them more time to prepare after their studies were disrupted by strikes that accompanied popular anti-government protests.
More than 150 people have been killed in political violence linked to demands for Saleh's ouster.
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council is trying to broker a deal between Saleh to ensure a peaceful transition and end the bloodshed in the impoverished Arab nation.
The GCC plan proposes the formation of a government of national unity, Saleh transferring power to his vice president, and resigning after 30 days, a day after the parliament would pass a law granting him and his aides immunity.
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There was no immediate word from the authorities over the shooting.
Troops tried to disperse the students who were joined by anti-government protesters who have since late January been demanding the immediate departure of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the protest organiser said.
He said the young students had been demanding a postponement of their final exams to allow them more time to prepare after their studies were disrupted by strikes that accompanied popular anti-government protests.
More than 150 people have been killed in political violence linked to demands for Saleh's ouster.
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council is trying to broker a deal between Saleh to ensure a peaceful transition and end the bloodshed in the impoverished Arab nation.
The GCC plan proposes the formation of a government of national unity, Saleh transferring power to his vice president, and resigning after 30 days, a day after the parliament would pass a law granting him and his aides immunity.
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