Firing weapons at wedding leads to standoff in Khasab

Muscat: Firing weapons in the air resulted in a standoff? at a wedding celebration in Khasab. ?

The ROP arrested one of the residents on charges of violating the law, sources from Khasab told Times of Oman.

The local residents protested against the arrest, demanding the release of the accused at the Taybat police station.

After clashes with the personnel at the police station, the residents, mostly young persons, managed to forcibly release the accused, leading to a call for reinforcements from the Special Tasks Force to maintain security in the area.

Negotiations are still underway between the Royal Oman Police (ROP) and the residents of the wilayat of Khasab to hand over the lawbreakers living in the area to the Taybat police station.

The ROP has given the residents time until today to turn themselves in, so that legal procedures can be initiated, one of the sheikhs in Khasab told Times of Oman.

Sheikhs and elders of the community have been meeting with those involved in the clashes to defuse the situation.

Source: http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-18951.aspx

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