Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Moujawar were injured in the attack launched today by tribes hostile to the regime in Sanaa.
CNN announced that at least seven Yemeni regime officials were killed after the incidents in Sanaa.
The President of the Parliament was also wounded, the BBC transmits.
The opposition television channel announced that president and prime minister were killed in the attacks with bombs. The assault was launched by insurgents in response to a previous attack of government troops that targeted one of the heads of tribes hostile to the regime in Sanaa.
According to BBC, quoting a government official, the president is alive and will address the nation soon. An official said that President Saleh was slightly wounded in the neck and received medical care in the palace.
It is the first time that tribal fighters have directly targeted Saleh’s palace in clashes affecting the capital city since May 23. The heaviest fighting is still going for around a week in the Hassaba district, north of the capital, between government troops and forces of Sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar, the leader of a powerful Yemeni tribal confederation.
The new wave of violence takes place as the United States sent an envoy to Sanaa to mediate the dispute between the government and opposition. Over 350 people were killed in riots that erupted in the country in January. 135 people have died in the last 10 days.
Although the West and Gulf countries recommended Saleh to sign an agreement to withdraw from power in exchange for a written guarantee of his amnesty, the Yemeni leader has changed his mind in the last minute.