The situation in the Gulf state of Bahrain comes to a head: the case of new demonstrations there were at least three dead, speaking of more than 20 injured. Meanwhile, the army has been driving heavy equipment in the capital Manama. The violence of the authorities sharply criticized by the West. Berlin / Manama - In a police operation against opposition demonstrators in the Arab Kingdom of Bahrain in the early hours of Thursday, at least three people have been killed.
How hospital doctors in the capital Manama further reported that more than 20 demonstrators were injured by bullets or tear gas migrants, some of them seriously. The makeshift camp of protesters on the central square in Manama Lulu was apparently destroyed, sealed off the area with barbed wire.
Hours later were at all major checkpoints of the police to see. Patrols drove through the city, apparently to avoid large gatherings. Even armored vehicles and tanks were seen. During the night, had, according to eyewitnesses several thousand people resided in the Lulu-Platz. At about 3 clock time the police had surrounded the place and then without warning, opened fire on the demonstrators.
The men were then fled from the place of the security forces but also pursued in the surrounding streets were, it said. demonstrate particularly Shiites in Bahrain to hold the protests now the fifth consecutive day. Even in recent days in clashes with the police, two protesters were killed.
The opposition usually require reforms in the Kingdom. Chance is also open to the overthrow of authoritarian regimes called. During the first days of the protests, only a democratic opening of the political system was called for on Wednesday also calls for a withdrawal of the Sunni regime of Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa.
The Shiite majority complains that it is excluded in the island nation off Saudi Arabia from the ruling Sunni minority from the housing market, health care and government jobs. Political observers fear the spread of the protests on the world's largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia should expand the demonstrations in Bahrain.
The violence of the government in Bahrain against the demonstrators was in the West, especially in the United States, harshly criticized. Although Bahrain is located between the oil-rich states of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but has hardly even oil. It is primarily a regional financial center and recreational oasis for wealthy Saudi Arabians, enjoy the western Bahrain in bars, hotels and beaches.
How hospital doctors in the capital Manama further reported that more than 20 demonstrators were injured by bullets or tear gas migrants, some of them seriously. The makeshift camp of protesters on the central square in Manama Lulu was apparently destroyed, sealed off the area with barbed wire.
Hours later were at all major checkpoints of the police to see. Patrols drove through the city, apparently to avoid large gatherings. Even armored vehicles and tanks were seen. During the night, had, according to eyewitnesses several thousand people resided in the Lulu-Platz. At about 3 clock time the police had surrounded the place and then without warning, opened fire on the demonstrators.
The men were then fled from the place of the security forces but also pursued in the surrounding streets were, it said. demonstrate particularly Shiites in Bahrain to hold the protests now the fifth consecutive day. Even in recent days in clashes with the police, two protesters were killed.
The opposition usually require reforms in the Kingdom. Chance is also open to the overthrow of authoritarian regimes called. During the first days of the protests, only a democratic opening of the political system was called for on Wednesday also calls for a withdrawal of the Sunni regime of Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa.
The Shiite majority complains that it is excluded in the island nation off Saudi Arabia from the ruling Sunni minority from the housing market, health care and government jobs. Political observers fear the spread of the protests on the world's largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia should expand the demonstrations in Bahrain.
The violence of the government in Bahrain against the demonstrators was in the West, especially in the United States, harshly criticized. Although Bahrain is located between the oil-rich states of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but has hardly even oil. It is primarily a regional financial center and recreational oasis for wealthy Saudi Arabians, enjoy the western Bahrain in bars, hotels and beaches.
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