الرئيسية
DUBAI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Bahraini police fired tear gas to
break up a march on Saturday by thousands of Shi'ites mourning a
man whom activists said was killed in custody but officials said
had drowned, residents said.
Dozens of pro-government Sunni militants attacked the
mourners, as riot police tried to break up the clashes and keep
the two sides apart in Muharraq, a town north of the capital
Manama, they said.
"Some shop windows were broken during the clashes. I know
one was owned by a Shi'ite and one by a Sunni," said a resident
adding that police detained at least four people.
Clashes between security forces and mainly Shi'ite
opposition activists have taken place on an almost daily basis
after the Sunni-dominated government crushed a pro-democracy
uprising last year.
break up a march on Saturday by thousands of Shi'ites mourning a
man whom activists said was killed in custody but officials said
had drowned, residents said.
Dozens of pro-government Sunni militants attacked the
mourners, as riot police tried to break up the clashes and keep
the two sides apart in Muharraq, a town north of the capital
Manama, they said.
"Some shop windows were broken during the clashes. I know
one was owned by a Shi'ite and one by a Sunni," said a resident
adding that police detained at least four people.
Clashes between security forces and mainly Shi'ite
opposition activists have taken place on an almost daily basis
after the Sunni-dominated government crushed a pro-democracy
uprising last year.