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Wot? No Rubber Bullets?

Rubber bullets don’t inflict enough pain, it seems, so now riot control police in Bahrain have started using live ammunition instead. Much more effective of course, especially if the intent is to kill rather than merely control: «الأهالي سمعوا صوتا لإطلاق النار فاتصلوا بي وبعد حضوري إلى المنطقة أكد لي رجال الأمن أنهم اطلقوا 3 …

Police’s perspective

Rioters are using weapons that can kill or maim and police have a right to defend themselves, Capt Bu Najma said in an exclusive interview with the GDN. Reaction by the security forces was ‘mild’ in comparison with the violence used by the rioters, he said. “They (rioters) have used Molotov cocktails, sharp sticks, sling …