Bahrain police fire on Shiite protest, one reported dead
Top Bahraini Shiite cleric Isa Qassim was stripped of citizenship last year, sparking the sit-in outside his residence in Diraz (AFP Photo/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)/ Dubai (AFP) - Bahraini police opened fire Tuesday on a protest by supporters of a top Shiite cleric, with at least one demonstrator reported dead in the latest unrest to hit the Sunni-ruled Gulf state. The Britain-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) announced the "tragic death of a peaceful protester in the crackdown" in Diraz, the scene of a long-running sit-in ...
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