Bahraini regime forces attack house of revered cleric

Regime forces in Bahrain have launched a massive attack on the house of a respected cleric to arrest anti-regime protesters.

The raid on Tuesday came hours after Manama regime forces fired shots at people attending a sit-in in Diraz, a town near the capital where Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassem, the most senior cleric of the Shia Muslim majority in Bahrain, is based.

A security source said six people were arrested during the raid on Sheikh Qassem's house. The source said the people were wanted for security offenses.

Newly-released video footage shows Bahraini security forces firing tear gas at anti-regime protesters in a neighborhood in Diraz Village in northern Bahrain.

EA