The General Director of Northern Governorate Police announced on Friday that the police responded to areas where calls went out on social media channels to participate in events surrounding the third-day of mourning ceremony of the deceased, Mahmood Al Jazeeri.
The police confronted groups of rioters in Daih, Jid Hafs and Musala who were engaged in acts of vandalism and blocking of roads.
The General Director said the police used restraint to restore order and all force used was necessary and proportionate. Police were attacked with Molotov cocktails, stones and iron rods and a number of policemen were injured in the process.
