Three wounded in shootout outside Yemen polling station

ADEN: Southern militants opposed to Yemen's single candidate presidential election next week exchanged fire with police outside a polling station late Friday, leaving three civilians wounded, residents said.

The armed supporters of the Southern Movement opened fire on the polling station in the Dar Saad neighbourhood of the region's main city Aden as part of their campaign to disrupt the vote, in which veteran Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi is the sole candidate.

A woman was among the wounded, the residents said. (AFP)