Bahraini MPs Sign Petition To End Gun Violence

[naaman fletcher]

Four Bahraini lawmakers have signed an international petition calling for an end to gun violence and urging the United Nations to push for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with all its members.


Parliament member Jalal Fairooz, from Al Wefaq, the largest Shia bloc in the Bahrain parliament, is one of the signatories of the petition. He told AHN, "There have been several cases of shootings which are a matter of concern. Bahrain is a small island and smuggling of weapons is minimal. But these incidents cannot be ignored."

Bahraini Abbas Ali Salman Al Shakhoori was shot in March 2007. In August 2006, Mahdi Abdulrehman Mohammed was gunned down in the Muharraq area. Shakhoori's killer has not yet been traced, although authorities are investigating the case. In Mahdi's case the suspected killer was caught and the case is in court.

The shootings shocked the nation, with Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa expressing regrets over such crimes that he said were alien to the Bahraini society.



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