Oman police clash with stone-throwing protesters

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Source: Reuters


MUSCAT, Oman Feb. 27 (Reuters) - Omani police fired tear gas on Sunday at stone-throwing protesters in the industrial city of Sohar who were demanding political reforms as regional Arab unrest spread to the Gulf sultanate, witnesses said.


"There is a big demonstration and there are clashes between protesters and police," said one witness, who gave his name only as Mohammed.


Police used tear gas and batons to disperse protesters who gathered in a main square, he said.


Sultan Qaboos bin Said, trying to ease tensions in the normally sleepy Gulf Arab state, reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday, changing six ministers a week after an earlier protest in the capital Muscat calling for political reform.





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1. Police station, state office burning in Oman town

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/27/oman-fires-idUSLDE71Q09S20110227

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2. 2 dead as protesters, police clash in Oman, witnesses say

(CNN) -- Clashes between protesters and police in the Omani industrial town of Sohar wounded about 10 people Sunday, state media reported Sunday.

At least two protesters were killed, Oman TV editor Asma Rshid told CNN.

"The police shot them because they burned shops and cars in Sohar," Rshid said. Another source said it was rubber bullets that the police fired. A number of police had also reportedly been injured, but numbers were not confirmed.

The protests started Saturday and were ongoing Sunday, said Zamzam al Rashdi, editor-in-chief of the state-run Oman News Agency.

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/27/oman.protests/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn