The lockdown took effect immediately throughout Lusail. And caused quite a stir and uproar in the proximal districts and municipalities that shared boundaries with Lusail in its first ten minutes:
At the Umm Salal Al Muhammed municipality, a two-mile-long backup had formed along the expressway that connects Doha with Umm Salal Ali…
Newlyweds traveling from the Al Dafna district of Doha through the West Bay Lagoon region to the Lusail Marina for their honeymoon were being hassled by policemen at the Lusail expressway…
A procession of eighteen-wheelers transporting merchandise from Al Kharayej district was denied access into Lusail…
Also, Terry stops began on all streets within the city limits of Lusail:
A furious husband trying to transport his pregnant wife in time to the Le Royal Meridien fought a police officer over a delayed traffic stop...
A dispatch rider on a BMW motorcycle was forced to a stop on the Wadi Al Wasah road…
In the Marina district, a luxurious coach packed full of tourists was halted alongside other cars by Al Fazaa units…
Stop and frisk was conducted on passengers at the Metros in the city of Lusail and across all other tram stations:
A group of supporters returning to Doha after a rather disappointing day was stopped and frisked by metro police at the Lusail Metro station…
Also in the same Lusail station, a northern terminus of the Red Line—a rapid transit line of the Doha Metro, passengers pooled around waiting shelters as all outbound and inbound transits were canceled by the rail service management…
At the Lusail central station, an adorable-looking bunny was found in a pet bag carried by one of the passengers boarding the Lusail tram after a police stop and search…
Two women in burka were being frisked in a screened booth by a young policewoman in one of the stations of the Lusail Tram Orange Line…
Things were no better at the airports in the capital city of Doha, either. Because security has been heightened a notch by airport authorities at both the Doha International Airport and the Hamad International Airport.
Columned lines of travelers formed at the departure gate of the newly reopened and refurbished Doha International Airport (DIA) after security measures were put in place.
At the same departure gate in Hamad International Airport, a middle-aged woman was being whisked away on a gurney after swooning from overheating in the press of bodies and standing for so long…
A dissembled skateboard carried in a compact carry-on was rejected at the check-in by airport staff in the same airport…
Extra attention was paid to the luggage ferried down the baggage carousel to the baggage claim by Airport security.
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