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Bahraini Protesters Clash With Police | Bahraini Protesters Clash With Police |
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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. | |
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. |
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