Graphic Content: Protester shot point blank

A video has emerged from the Bahrain city of Sitra that shows the apparent killing of an unarmed protester at point blank range. Photo: YouTube.com

A video has emerged from the Bahrain city of Sitra that shows the apparent killing of an unarmed protester at point blank range. Photo: YouTube.com

Published Mar 16, 2011

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Warning Graphic Content - A video has emerged from the Bahrain city of Sitra that shows the apparent killing of an unarmed protester at point blank range. A neurosurgeon has said that protesters are being shot at close range and forces were shooting to kill. The video shows the man remonstrating with military forces who then fire at him causing him to grab his chest and fall to the floor. He then gets up, still holding his chest and a member of the security forces takes another shot, this time aiming at his head. The man falls backwards and does not get back up while a crowd of people surge towards the police who put up riot shields before the footage ends, according to Daily Mail.

Tear gas and armoured vehicles have been used by soldiers and riot police to drive hundreds of anti-government protesters out of a square in the centre of Bahrain's capital.

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