Bahraini forces attack protesters
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Bahraini protesters clash with regime forces (unseen) during a demonstration on February 13, 2016.
Bahraini forces have fired birdshots and tear gas canisters to suppress anti-regime protests across the Persian Gulf kingdom as the nation prepares to mark of the fifth anniversary of a popular uprising against the Al Khalifah rule.
According to Press TV, in one of the events on Saturday, Bahraini demonstrators took to the street in the village of Nuwaidrat, located about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of the capital, Manama.
The marchers demanded the release of all imprisoned opposition figures and political dissidents, including Sheikh Ali Salman, who heads Bahrain’s main opposition bloc, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
Clashes broke out when regime forces intervened, firing shots and using tear gas to disperse the crowd. The protesters responded by throwing rocks and petrol bombs at armored police vehicles.
Another march, which was held in the northern village of Abu Saiba, also turned violent, with regime forces taking some 17 people into custody late on Saturday.
On Friday morning, Bahraini troops raided a house in the al-Diya village near Manama, making an unspecified number of arrests.
Similar anti-regime protests were also held across Bahrain in the run-up to the anniversary of the country’s 2011 uprising.
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