Five huge explosions were heard late on Friday in
the ceasefire area in downtown Sanaa, which were followed by heavy
gunshots, a Xinhua correspondent at the scene said.
The five huge blasts and shootings came just few hours after the
opposition tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar, who led the five-day pitched
street battles against government forces in Sanaa, said that a
tribe-mediated ceasefire was reached on Friday.
Casualties of the explosions are still unknown as tension soared
between the government forces and the fighters of al-Ahmar, who stood
by with anti-government protesters to seek to overthrow President Ali
Abdullah Saleh.
At least 127 people were killed during the five-day gun battles.
Blackout hit almost all the capital just minutes after the
explosions, as more huge bombings along with heavy shooting were heard
clearly in Hassaba near al-Ahmar's house. Xinhua
