"Three demonstrators were killed by police gunfire and dozens more were wounded, some seriously," in the incident outside a police station, one medic said.
Another medical source said a fourth demonstrator was shot dead in the city`s nearby Tahrir Square.
A local committee of the "Youth of the Revolution" group said about 3,000 people had gathered outside the station to demand the release of a protester detained by the security forces.
It said police first fired in the air in a bid to disperse them but then fired into the crowd when the demonstrators refused to leave.
Reinforcements were sent to the scene as well as to Tahrir Square, where a full-time sit-in has been held to demand the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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