Thursday
Dec152011
Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: The Catchphrase of "Many Dead"
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 17:10 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
2329 GMT: Two important visual pieces of evidence from Bahrain. The first, too graphic to post here, is a picture of the body of young Ali Al Qassab, who was reportedly killed earlier when he was run over. Activists claim he was run over by a police jeep, the government tells a different story.
The second piece of evidence is a video, reportedly taken today, that claims to show a police jeep accelerating towards a group of protesters who are near the side of the road. We've seen many videos like these in the past, and have already posted another video that shows a near-miss between a police vehicle and a pedestrian (see video at 1918):