Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Bahrain



At least one person has been murder and several others injured after riot police in Bahrain opened fire at protester holding a memorial service service for a man killed during protests in the kingdom a day earlier.
The victim, Fadhel Ali Almatrook, was strike with bird-shotgun in the capital, Manama, on Tuesday morning, Maryam Alkhawaja, head of foreign relations at the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights.
"This morning the protesters were walking from the hospital to the cemetery and they got do violence to by the riot police," Alkhawaja said.
"Thousands of people are protest in the streets, demanding the removal of the regime - police fired tear gas and bird shot, using too much force - that is why people got injure."
At least 25 people were account to have been treated for injuries in hospital.

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