One killed, 11 injured in Yemen after security forces disperse STC storming

Protest erupts after the internationally recognised government holds its first session in the southern city of Aden.

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Yemeni security forces have killed at least one person and wounded 11 as a crowd linked to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) attempted to storm the gate of the al-Maashiq Presidential Palace in Aden, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent has reported.

Al Jazeera obtained exclusive footage of the shooting, purporting to show several wounded individuals at the site.

One killed, 11 injured in Yemen after security forces disperse STC storming

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