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MANAMA, Bahrain — Thousands of Bahraini protesters clashed with security forces on Saturday, sending tear gas into a major shopping mall and bringing activity on the capital’s streets to a standstill. MANAMA, Bahrain — Thousands of Bahraini protesters clashed with security forces on Saturday, sending tear gas into a major shopping mall and bringing activity on the capital’s streets to a standstill.
The Interior Ministry characterized recent attacks against security forces as “urban guerrilla warfare” and said that a police officer had died of injuries sustained from an earlier bombing.The Interior Ministry characterized recent attacks against security forces as “urban guerrilla warfare” and said that a police officer had died of injuries sustained from an earlier bombing.
The officer was one of two wounded in what the ministry called a “terrorist blast” on Friday in Dair, a village near the main airport.The officer was one of two wounded in what the ministry called a “terrorist blast” on Friday in Dair, a village near the main airport.
This Persian Gulf island nation has been torn by sectarian tensions for the last three years, since the country’s majority Shiites began an Arab Spring-inspired uprising to demand greater political rights from the Sunni-led monarchy.This Persian Gulf island nation has been torn by sectarian tensions for the last three years, since the country’s majority Shiites began an Arab Spring-inspired uprising to demand greater political rights from the Sunni-led monarchy.