Deaths in Oman protests

At least two people have been killed in an industrial town in the northeast of Oman, after police fired rubber-coated bullets at anti-government protesters. The military moved in to secure an area in the town of Sohar on Sunday where about 2,000 demonstrators had gathered for a second day to demand political reforms, according to witnesses reported by the Reuters news agency. "Two were killed after being shot with rubber bullets as protesters attempted to storm a police station," a security official said, requesting anonymity. State news agency ONA confirmed that there had been casualties in Sohar, saying that police and anti-riot forces had clashed with demonstrators. Witnesses said a police station and a government building were set on fire and that a nearby supermarket was looted.