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Dozens of Houthi Protesters Martyred, PM Resigns

Dozens of Houthi Protesters Martyred, PM Resigns
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At least 40 people have been martyred in a suicide bombing in the center of the Yemeni capital Sanaa.

Dozens of Houthi Protesters Martyred, PM Resigns A witness told the Reuters news agency that they had counted at least 20 bodies after the attack in Tahrir Square.

Many other people were wounded in the attack, other witnesses said.

Earlier, the newly-elected Yemeni premier has resigned amid protests against his appointment to the post by the president.

On Wednesday, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi accepted the resignation by Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak after Houthi protesters slammed the government's choice.
Mubarak made the decision "in a bid to preserve the national unity and protect the country from divisions," he said in a letter to Hadi, in which he requested "to be relieved" of forming a new government.

Earlier in the day, Sayyed Abed Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen's Ansarullah revolutionaries, severely criticized Hadi's Tuesday decision to appoint Mubarak.

The Ansarullah activists, who played a key role in the ouster of former dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, have been staging demonstrations in the capital for more than a month, demanding resignation of the government over what they call its corruption and marginalization in Yemen.

On September 21, Ansarullah rebels took over Sana'a, following weeklong clashes across the country.

A UN-backed ceasefire deal, which was subsequently inked, called for the withdrawal of the protesters from the capital once a neutral prime minister was picked.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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