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Bahrain arrests two opposition leaders

Arab World Materials 17 March 2011 06:03 (UTC +04:00)
Bahrain, which is facing month-long anti-government protests, has arrested two Shia opposition leaders, a report says.
Bahrain arrests two opposition leaders

Bahrain, which is facing month-long anti-government protests, has arrested two Shia opposition leaders, a report says.

Bahrain security forces arrested Hassan Mushaima of the Haq Movement and Ibrahim Sharif, head of the Waad Society, late Wednesday, Press TV reported.

Six people were killed and more than 1,000 others injured on Tuesday in clashes between anti-regime protesters and Bahrain's security forces.

On Wednesday morning, Bahraini police killed at least five protesters and injured dozens more as they assaulted a peaceful protest camp in Manama's Pearl Square.

The attacks come only two days after Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar dispatched their armed forces to crisis-hit Bahrain to quash anti-government protests in the tiny Persian Gulf state.

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