German, British embassy stormed by protestors [Sudan]
Source: Reuters
Sudanese police have used tear gas against protestors at the German embassy in Khartoum in an attempt to quell outrage over an anti-Islam film.
Sudan's police force fired tear gas on Friday in a bid to stop more than 5,000 demonstrators protesting against an anti-Islam film from storming the German and British embassies.
Protestors threw stones at the two neighboring embassies in Khartoum before they stormed the main gates of the German embassy. They attacked its facade and tore down the flag, replacing it with a black Islamist one before torching the building, one witness said.
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Something weird is going on now...This stopped being about some god-awful youtube clip a long time ago...
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)These people are content to vent their anger over silly things, in a violent manner, towards people who have nothing to do with it.
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)"Something weird is going on now" Yep
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,344 posts)Using women as beasts of burden. No, wait, ...
MissHoneychurch
(33,600 posts)I guess it is for the sake of hate and violence.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)... The general view seems to be that its embassy (which is next door to the British one) is easier to reach than the US embassy."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/sep/14/friday-protests-anti-islam-us-film-live#block-505325c658f9cf283191bcd9
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)did they show the you-tube video in their countries?????
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)We have just had afternoon prayers and again if you stand at the top of my school (I am the principal of Unity High School, famous for the Mohammed the Teddy Bear case).
You can see people being picked up by trucks and buses around the mosques. They may be going home, of course, and the streets are as quiet as ever on a typical Friday, save a few sirens. However that kind of organisation is not what I am used to here so I remain concerned.
I think we will know better after evening prayers but I am considering closing the school as a precaution for tomorrow
Apparently you could see the smoke from the German embassy from the school earlier, as we are quite close to it, but thankfully that seems to have died down.
Sorry this is somewhat disjointed I am mainly reporting on what I have been told I have no intention of going out and finding for myself!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/sep/14/friday-protests-anti-islam-us-film-live#block-50533857c0e3eb823e69471f
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)Just wanted to add that the attack on the German Embassy is the culmination of a week of anti-German demonstrations and articles in Sudan about a court ruling in Germany. The attacks regard that rather than the parallel YouTube film narrative. In addition, the British Embassy was not the focus for the protests, but the embassies share an entrance gate.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19600542
I can't find anything specifying the court decision - the one about circumcision, perhaps?