Bahrain Regime Forces Attack Group Rendering Humanitarian Aid to Regime Besieged Al Eker

The regime forces have attacked a group of opposition figures, medics, activists and journalists that headed people toal-Eker which has been under the inhumane siege of the regime for three days.

Bahrain: A team including figures and activists head people to AlEker to break the siege, the forces respond
22 October, 2012 – ABNA

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The regime forces have attacked a group of opposition figures, medics, activists and journalists that headed people toal-Eker which has been under the inhumane siege of the regime for three days.

The forces used lethal teargas and chased the people who gathered in attempt to break the siege. The area is under tight lockdown.

The team asked the forces for their legal justifications and reasons to lockdown alEker, but was not given any answers in response except striking violence that reached the traffic on the nearby main road.

People inside al-Eker gathered far enough from security checkpoints, to welcome the team but were attacked by the forces. The attacks included houses in the village which have already been subjected to repeated raids and vandalism during the past three days.

The area of al-Eker is still under siege and nobody is allowed in or out, even cars carrying food supplies are prevented from reaching the people there. Daily prayers in mosques are stopped and even garbage-collecting companies are not allowed in.

The opposition has announced steps to break the siege including the team’s visit to the area. A gathering is scheduled for this evening at 4pm to protest against the oppressive lockdown. The opposition has called on people to deliver humanitarian aids to alEker in every possible non-violet way. …source