Amateur Video Captures Shooting in
Bahrain
In Manama Bahrain, amateur video shows what looks like a peaceful anti-government protest... demonstrators walking, hands raised, as they chanted "peaceful!"... and then sounds of gunfire, and the video goes black. Moments later, protesters appear to lie wounded on the pavement, demonstrators screaming for help. The authenticity of the video, posted on a social media website, cannot be confirmed, although witnesses do corroborate that they saw soldiers firing at demonstrators. At a local hospital, the wounded were rushed in on stretchers. Hospital officials said 66 people had been admitted suffering wounds after attending demonstrations in the city's Pearl Square. Friday's protests come a day after police raided a traffic circle where demonstrators had been camped out, killing four and wounding hundreds of others. Bahrain's recent violent uprisings have underscored a simmering discontent amongst the country's Shi'ite majority, currently living under a Sunni monarchy.
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