Bahrain: More Gunshots in Capital
This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011.
Reports of shootings in different locations in the Bahraini capital of Manama, flooded social media websites in the afternoon of this Friday 18 February, 2011. The video below posted by Youtube user habib2day appears to show injured protestors in the aftermath of the attack.
Reactions from Twitter have been quick to emerge:
@angryarabiya As the sun sets, many thousands are being attacked by riot police, and police shooting from buildings rooftops! #bahrain #bahrein #feb14
@leildehati my cousin is very close to salmaniya. she is hearing shootings!!!!!! #bahrain
@emile_hokayem Just ran into group of protesters going to site of clashes. They say army firing live rounds in the air.
@rym86 Gunshots outside #Smc .. This is a humanitarian protest.. #Bahrain #feb14
@SuadAK Stop the bloodshed #Bahrain
@BAHRAINIAC The Army #BDF hits the protesters at #LuluRoundabout #Lulu #Feb14 #Bahrain moments ago!!!
@FreedomPrayers Still shooting !! 17:38 #bahrain
@rayyash
نداء الى كل من يملك ذرة إنسانية شعب البحرين يتم تصفيته“Calling all those who have an atom of humanity, the people of Bahrain are being wiped out”
@BAHRAINIAC Gunshots fired, clash between protesters and police forces. Pray for no casualties. #Feb14 #Bahrain #PearlRoundabout
@ba7ari Its near salmaneya, its near lulu, army shooting protesters with machine guns #bahrain #feb14 #hrw #un #eu
@DanaTaqawi Pray for no more casualties #pray #pray
@hadeelalsh: Army firing live ammo from anti-aircraft guns from APC's at protesters #bahrain
@hadeelalsh Protesters were carrying flowers saying they wanted to deliver it to police. Were shot instead. Blood on street now #bahrain
@MayMarzooq STOP KILLING BAHRAINIS. #Feb14 #BahraiN
@alialsaeed i cannot believe this! the ARMY is attacking UNARMED civilians?!
@FreedomPrayers ARMY tanks against unarmed civilians right now in sanabis #bahrain
@FreedomPrayers Still shooting 17:45 #bahrain
@Halsitra
صديقي اتصل من الدوار يقول الطائرات تطلق النار و عدد من القتلى“My friend called me from the (LuLu) Roundabout and planes are firing bullets and there are a number of casualties”
@FreedomPrayers Still shooting #bahrain 17:50
@khalidbmm #bahrain #usa #uk #14feb D army used life bolets to kill protistors where is the free wold from this new Massacre
@FreedomPrayers
first martyr of feb18 confirmed. shot in the head #bahrain via @Wefaqsociety
@FreedomPrayers still shooting 18:01 #bahrain
@AliFingerz I have lost faith in our system and what it once stood for… Its like we're living in the dark ages now…
This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011.