Protester hurt in firing by Omani troops

gulf-daily-news.com

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

SOHAR: Omani troops fired into the air near a port yesterday to clear a fourth day of protests for jobs and political reforms, wounding one person in the town of Sohar, witnesses said.

« We were 200 to 300 people on the road. The army started shooting in the air, » one protester said. « Many ran. The man who was shot had come to calm the army down. »

The crowd dispersed before regrouping again near the port and the troops pulled back.

After the confrontation, traffic flowed freely into the port despite the presence of around 150 protesters.

Troops had been deployed in the city beforehand but until yesterday had refrained from intervening to stop protests. Read more…

~ par Alain Bertho sur 2 mars 2011.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, الشغب