Potential Massacre in Bahrain
February 18, 2011 at 10:34 AM Leave a comment
Bahrain:
BREAKING: Twitter is blowing up right now with reports that Bahrain authorities are firing into a crowd of thousands that is assembled for the funeral of those killed in yesterday’s crackdown.
This could be a massacre underway.
UPDATE: This is really happening, folks. From Twitter user Muiz:“Hospitals not reporting wounds to body or arms, almost all are to the chest & head – live ammo from the ground & air”
From Al Jazeera English’s Evan C. Hill: “Our correspondent in #Bahrain reports live ammo, not birdshot, not rubber bullets, being used on protesters. #feb17.
Original post: My list of top Bahrain Twitter users reacted with horror to yesterday’s police raid on Pearl Square. Hundreds of protesters were peacefully assembled there, when in the middle of the night and without warning, police shot up the place. Five people were killed. Scores injured. Nicholas Kristof reports that doctors were beaten who tried to help the injured.
Nicholas Kristoff is on the scene. Follow his tweets at the link above.
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