This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011 [1].
[2]@ba7rainiDXB Mohamed Alshamlan shot in the leg with live ammunition by the Khalifi Army, X-ray picture #Bahrain #Feb14
Reports of shootings [3] in several locations in Manama, the Bahraini capital flooded social media websites during the afternoon of Friday February 18, 2011. Videos made in different locations show not only the moments when shots were fired, but also the victims in the aftermath (WARNING: graphic images).
This first video shows a familiar face from a previous post [3]: the victim speaking with the reporter was seen carrying a wounded person away from the protest. From the video's [4] description:
Victim speaking with a news reporter after an attack on their protest and get attacked again
Translation not exact”
“We were going there, chanting peaceful peaceful, we even raised our hands (other person:says we even had flowers), they were not kidding, they've had machine guns, not riffles or hand weapons, literally machine guns with tripod, and they open fired, people ran away! A person in front me instantly died after a head shot, I tried to grab him and carry him away, I was in complete state of shock”
People are seen jogging away from the protests [5] and the reason why becomes obvious as the sound of gunfire is heard, causing another flood of runners including children.
This video [6] shows protesters walking towards the Pearl Roundabout (Lulu) chanting “Peaceful, Peacefully” when gunshots are heard.
This next video [7]shows another perspective of the event, capturing images of the aftermath: some protesters lie on the ground, blood around them, while their fellows scream in anguish over their still bodies. (WARNING: graphic images)