The uprising peaked early in its life, as the Pearl Roundabout played host to Bahrain’s ‘Bloody Thursday’, where a combined 1,500 troops quashed 1,000-3,000 protestors, who were sleeping in their tents. There were four fatalities, and 300 injuries. The protestors (mainly Shia Muslim) were campaigning for democracy against the royal family (mainly Sunni Muslim) who […]
