Oman swell in the demonstrations for political reform seems to be a violent protest. The death toll has risen to six, an ambulance of the state hospital said in the important industrial city of Sohar on Monday. The Health Minister said, however, of a dead man. About a thousand demonstrators blocked the streets on Monday morning to the port and the refinery in the city.
A supermarket was looted and then set on fire. While soldiers were patrolling in the city did not attack, but claims reported observers. On Sunday, according to protests in Sohar witnesses two people were killed. Police used batons and tear gas, therefore, fired rubber bullets into the crowd.
They have killed two people and another seriously injured. The protesters had thrown stones and set fire to government buildings and cars. The military was engaged to secure the place, several witnesses reported. There is no official confirmation of the reports is in place. Some 2,000 protesters were reported to be in second day in a row in Sohar.
In the days before, only a few hundred protesters had gathered in the capital Muscat and demanded jobs and peaceful reforms. From the southern city of Salalah protests were reported. Oman is a sultanate on the Arabian Sea, with 2.6 million inhabitants. Sultan Kabus bin Said has lasted for some 40 years with absolute power over the country.
Parties are prohibited. The country is an oil exporter and has close military and political ties with the U.S., but is not a member of OPEC. An official unemployment rate does not exist in Oman. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency estimated in 2004 to about 15 percent.
A supermarket was looted and then set on fire. While soldiers were patrolling in the city did not attack, but claims reported observers. On Sunday, according to protests in Sohar witnesses two people were killed. Police used batons and tear gas, therefore, fired rubber bullets into the crowd.
They have killed two people and another seriously injured. The protesters had thrown stones and set fire to government buildings and cars. The military was engaged to secure the place, several witnesses reported. There is no official confirmation of the reports is in place. Some 2,000 protesters were reported to be in second day in a row in Sohar.
In the days before, only a few hundred protesters had gathered in the capital Muscat and demanded jobs and peaceful reforms. From the southern city of Salalah protests were reported. Oman is a sultanate on the Arabian Sea, with 2.6 million inhabitants. Sultan Kabus bin Said has lasted for some 40 years with absolute power over the country.
Parties are prohibited. The country is an oil exporter and has close military and political ties with the U.S., but is not a member of OPEC. An official unemployment rate does not exist in Oman. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency estimated in 2004 to about 15 percent.
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