Saturday, April 16, 2011

Islamists arrested after bloody clashes

More than 90 people, most of them policemen, were hurt Friday when Islamist Salafist demonstrators armed with swords, daggers and clubs attacked police in Zarqa during protests.
"Fifty-one policemen, including senior officers, were stabbed with knives, beaten with bats or hit with sharp tools," Lieutenant General Hussein Majali said after Friday's violence.
He said 32 other policemen were treated for tear gas inhalation while eight civilians were also hurt "when police fired tear gas and tried to stop Islamist Salafist demonstrators from attacking shoppers in Zarqa." (MORE)

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