Sunday police fired tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters who tried to attack a police station in Sohar, 200 km north of the capital of Oman, Muscat, witnesses said. The demonstrators, some 250 unemployed seeking jobs, tried to attack the police station in the coastal town before being dispersed by police.
Two protesters were killed. They were down on a roundabout near renamed "Roundabout reform." The police tried to disperse them again before leaving. The army was deployed in this industrial city to secure the area. It is the first violent demonstration in the Sultanate of Oman has experienced in recent weeks of social market.
Saturday, Sultan Qaboos of Oman has announced an increase in scholarships for students, from 25 riyals (65 dollars) to 90 riyals (234 dollars), the Omani news agency Ona. The Sultan also ordered to establish an association of consumer and said they expect to form cooperatives to offer food at low prices.
On 18 February, some 300 Omanis had demonstrated peacefully in central Muscat to demand wage increases and political reforms. Other demonstrations were held Sunday at Salalah in the south of this small country, where opposition to power camping since Friday near the provincial governor's office.
Social revolt in the Arab countries has grown since last week to the Gulf sultanate, where political parties are banned. Sultan Qaboos bin Said has already increased salaries by 43% for private sector workers and reshuffled his government. 
Two protesters were killed. They were down on a roundabout near renamed "Roundabout reform." The police tried to disperse them again before leaving. The army was deployed in this industrial city to secure the area. It is the first violent demonstration in the Sultanate of Oman has experienced in recent weeks of social market.
Saturday, Sultan Qaboos of Oman has announced an increase in scholarships for students, from 25 riyals (65 dollars) to 90 riyals (234 dollars), the Omani news agency Ona. The Sultan also ordered to establish an association of consumer and said they expect to form cooperatives to offer food at low prices.
On 18 February, some 300 Omanis had demonstrated peacefully in central Muscat to demand wage increases and political reforms. Other demonstrations were held Sunday at Salalah in the south of this small country, where opposition to power camping since Friday near the provincial governor's office.
Social revolt in the Arab countries has grown since last week to the Gulf sultanate, where political parties are banned. Sultan Qaboos bin Said has already increased salaries by 43% for private sector workers and reshuffled his government.
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