SANAA, Yemen, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Pro-government gunmen fired into a crowd of protesters in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, killing at least five people, protesters and medical personnel said.
Some protesters said their demands weren't met when Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to step down after months of violent demonstrations against his 33-year rule, CNN reported.
The agreement Saleh signed Wednesday includes immunity from prosecution. Youth activists said they would protest until Saleh is tried for his crimes.
"He is the reason for the deaths of more than a thousand innocent youth in Yemen this year and now the opposition wants to give him immunity," Mohammed Mosleh told CNN.
At least 41 people were injured in Thursday's confrontation, medics said.
Several witnesses told China's state-run news agency Xinhua "the gunmen were members of the ruling party."
One protester said demonstrators threw stones at the solders and that "the firing took place when the protesters shouted slogans against Saleh, including calls for prosecuting him."
An Interior Ministry official said the government wasn't responsible for the attacks.
"The protesters were attacked but they were not attacked by government forces," the official told CNN. "We will investigate this."
