Five protesters killed in Bahrain
MANAMA: At least five protesters have been killed and hundreds wounded in a crackdown by Bahraini forces on Wednesday, the head of the opposition bloc in parliament said. “This is a war of annihilation. This does not happen even in wars and this is not acceptable,” Abdel Jalil Khalil, a senior politician in Bahrain’’s party Wefaq, said. Khalil said that, apart from clearing protesters from the Pearl roundabout, troops had fanned out across Bahrain, cutting off streets and arresting or firing at people who tried to cross. Khalil said that private homes and funeral parlours were recieving casualties as troops had surrounded several hospitals and called on qualified doctors to head to their nearest health centre to help treat casualties.
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Five protesters killed in Bahrain
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