Gun battles raged on Wednesday on the streets of Yemen’s capital, killing dozens of people, witnesses said.

Five protesters were killed in fresh bloodshed in Yemen on Saturday as clashes between police and anti-regime demonstrations raged across the country.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power since 1978, vowed on Monday not to quit under pressure from the street.

Yemeni police opened fire Thursday on a crowd of protesters shot and injured six people on Thursday evening trying to break up a demonstration.

Pro-regime supporters armed with batons and stones on Tuesday waded into anti-government protesters trying to march on Yemen’s presidential palace.

Rocks and batons flew in Sana’a on Monday as pro-democracy protesters clashed violently with police and supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

After their father died two years ago, Raseel and Anwar left their family to work in a car garage.