Hamdi Al-Bakari attacked, Bushra Al-Maqtari and Mohammed Al-Hozayfi injured

Pro-government thugs attacked an Al-Jazeera crew as the station’s correspondent, Hamdi Al-Bakari, was covering violence against demonstrators in the province of Taiz. Journalist, writer and activist Bushra Al-Maqtari was injured when security agents tried to disperse a sit-in in Freedom Square in the city of Taiz. Mareb Press reporter Mohammed Al-Hozayfi was also injured when anti-riot police threw stones and used teargas to disperse the protesters.