Saturday, February 19, 2011

Eight injured in Jordan in a pro-reform

Eight people were injured, Friday, Feb. 18, when government supporters attacked protesters in Amman, told AP a student there. A medical source confirmed the hospitalization of two people. Organizers said they were 400 youths (300 according to the police), gathered after Friday prayers for "political reform" when the clashes erupted.

This is the first recorded violence since the start of the protest movement and social policy in Jordan, several weeks ago. The spokesman of the police Mohamad Khatib said that a "dispute" broke out "between a manifestation of government supporters and another rally is in the same location.

For their part, protesters say they were pursued by government supporters who were beaten, including with sticks. Be included among the wounded, they said, a journalist, Moawafak Mahadeen, and his son, who had to be hospitalized.

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