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| Bahraini police open fire on Shia crowd |
| 2010-12-12 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Bahraini police have opened fire on Shia Mohammedans at mourning ceremonies ahead of the martyrdom anniversary of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!), Imam Hussein (PTUI!). On Saturday, in the village of Malkiya, police disrupted mourning ceremonies traditionally held in the lunar month of Muharram, tried to remove black flags put up by the locals, and then opened fire on the Shias. The attack injured three people, including a 23-year-old who sustained gunshot wounds in the head and neck but was said to be in serious but stable condition, DPA reported. The other two sustained rubber bullet wounds to the abdomen. Bahrain is predominantly Shia but the Persian Gulf kingdom is ruled by a Sunni minority. The Bahraini authorities have increased the pressure on Shia Mohammedans over the past few months, with reports of numerous arrests and torture at detention centers raising concern about the human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... situation in the country. Hundreds of people, including prominent Shia holy mans and human rights activists, have been jugged since mid-August, and security forces have harshly put down street protests. Human rights groups have condemned the crackdown, criticizing Manama for silencing dissent by force. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Perhaps that nice Bahraini lad who poked his head in before the elections could return to explain what really happened... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-12-12 18:38 |
| #2 Maybe, newc, but on the face of it, this sounds like it might be a typical Gulf Sunni overreaction to Shia religious ritual. Admittedly, that can get pretty hairy, and hard to tell from a Persian provocation when the whips and chains and blood starts flying. It might be easier to tell if the source wasn't an Iranian propaganda mill, but then, the Arab Sunni channels probably wouldn't even want to mention the event, either way it actually happeend. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-12-12 16:27 |
| #1 It's more of Iran meddling in Bahrain with Shia / Hezib. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-12-12 13:06 |