Tockalosh

One killed last night

One killed this morning after burying the one killed last night.

At that rate of attrition its only 572,000 days and the problem will have gone

norsk

I have seen this being reported in international media, but there are also some rumours going round that it is propaganda and that nobody has been killed.

I don't know what to believe to be honest, and I know people living in Jidhafs and Sanabis who say they've seen nothing (and that's supposedly one of the major areas of unrest). I think the conclusion is that on an Egypt scale the protests are pretty piss-poor so far..

What annoys me though is that it appears the Bahraini government has throttled all internet connections. I was getting at most 5kb/s from my normally very good connection last night. This meant that my dreambox was hanging every time it was getting a new key so watching the Chelsea game was challenging (although the game was awful so not much of a loss I guess).

Ronnie Biggs

That video is shocking...anyone know their weaponry well enough to confirm that it's live amunition being fired there? Looks like a peaceful crowd full of kids....

Internet has definitely been throttled throughout Bahrain. Al Jazeera and Reuters are now reporting that at least two people have been killed.

Ronnie Biggs

Looks like it's genuine....

heartofdarkness

Government Ave to Bab al Bahrain closed down for second afternoon in a row. Looks like the government is trying to keep it in the villages where it can be "controlled"

norsk

My wife just told me that Bahrain is like a ghost town. She went out for a drive and the whole place is dead (no pun intended)...

Anyway, as long as there is no protesting in Hamala tonight I don't mind too much. If however my football gets cancelled/interrupted as well the internet throttled I might have to do some protesting of my own..

Millhouse

let them eat cake!

heartofdarkness

All roads to Manama are blocked by Police. My daughter is stuck in Janabiya

heartofdarkness

And Pearl Round about is jammed with protesters

Ronnie Biggs

My game is cancelled. I reckon you'd be mad to head up there tonight, the police don't seem to wait around for traffic to clear before they kick off.

The Dean

Good - that means no drivers will get killed by maniacs cornering at 135kmph............

The Dean

The journo - Frederik Richter - is known to me personally. This will be 100% accurate - and scary..........

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/int...l?cid=29498504

Paracletus

I'm surprised it's even mentioned in GDN..it's all rather un-dramatic as always here in the kingdom according to the voice of Bahrain...

There are a number of youtube videos showing heavy handed tactics of the police. I think I'd be pretty pissed off if foreign police officers were trying to control my behaviour in my home country to be fair. Might be time to start thinking about a short holiday really.

norsk

My game is in the Batelco grounds, so only 5 mins drive from my house in Janabiya. I'll see what the mood is like when I get home..

heartofdarkness

Front page of GDN was Day of Unity! tweeter...Press TV ..saying Saudi sending troops in..