Bahrain security forces clash with Shi'ite protesters

Several protesters in Bahrain clashed with security forces during an anti-government demonstration over the detention of the opposition leaders, reports Reuters.

Discontent from the Shi’ite community has grown after a Shi’ite Muslim cleric, who leads the al-Wefaq Islamic Society, was arrested in December.

Witnesses said that hundreds of men and women from the mainly Shi’ite village of Sitra, clashed with security forces after men threw petrol bombs.

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