AT least 200 people have been shot and wounded in a Shiite village south of the Bahraini capital, a medic says, as the king imposed a state of emergency after bringing in Saudi and Emirati troops to help quell anti-regime protests. As the violence escalated, close ally the United States warned that there was “no military solution” to political upheaval in Bahrain and that any violence against peacefully expressed political demands “should be stopped”. “More than 200 people we received today had been shot with buckshot,” a hospital doctor in the village of Sitra, south of the capital, said by telephone. The doctor, who asked that his name not be used, said the…
Posted by
on March 15, 2011. Filed under News.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Posted by
on March 15, 2011. Filed under