Five Killed, Hundreds Injured AS Attack Continues Against Bahraini Protesters
Five martyrs and hundreds of wounded fell during the Saudi and Bahraini forces' attack on the peaceful protestors, amid calls for rallies in the Arab countries in support for the people and in condemnation of the massacres committed against the armless civilians.
Saudi forces have stormed a Manama's hospital where hundreds of people were receiving treatment for injuries suffered in clashes with government forces a day earlier.
Saudi troops forced their way into Salmaniya hospital on Wednesday and did not allow doctors, nurses and relatives of the victims either to leave or to enter the building.
The report comes as Bahraini police killed at least five protesters and wounded dozens more on Wednesday as they assaulted a peaceful protest camp in the capital's Pearl Square.
The attack occurred two days after Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar dispatched their armed forces to crisis-hit Bahrain to quash anti-government protests in the tiny Persian Gulf state.
On Tuesday, six people died and more than 1,000 others were wounded in clashes between anti-regime protesters and Bahrain's security forces.
Thousands of Bahraini anti-government protesters are still camping out in Manama's Pearl Square, which has become the symbol of the popular drive for change.
Also, Bahraini police forces killed at least two protesters and wounded dozens more in the Pearl square on Wednesday.
The forces backed by the army helicopters could take over the square only moments later.
A group of armed men had earlier set fire to the tents of the protesters. Electricity and mobile phone are reportedly cut off to people in large parts of Manama as the political situation in Bahrain escalates further.
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