Supporters of the rulers of Bahrain threatened about hundreds university students protesting against the government at Bahrain University Sunday, eyewitnesses said.
About 150 supporters of the royal family tried to get onto the campus, but only some managed to get in. An unknown number of people were injured, but it's not clear how many or how badly.
On Sunday, more than 5000 young people organized a protest in front of Bahrain Financial Harbor in the capital Manama, witnesses said.
Text messages exchanged between them and others in the area warned of regime supporters approaching from Muharak, another island, but it's not clear the warnings are accurate.
Police and anti-riot squads stationed near the harbor fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, leaving 200 injured, according to Salmanya Hospital. Al Wasat cameraman Mohammed Al-Mukharaq was among the seriously injured, his editor said.
The government says protest camp tents were "removed," but did not say how.
Many protesters mobilized to block off King Faisal highway to prevent the pro-regime groups from entering Bahrain's main island.
The government and eyewitnesses disagree about how the blockade ended.
Eyewitnesses and journalists say security officers asked them to disband and open the highway, and they complied.
An eyewitness said a police officer shot an unarmed young protester in the head, resulting serious head injury. Then he immedietly transfeed to Salmaniya hospital.
Police then sought to disperse approximately thousandsd protesters by using tear gas and Batons in order to clear the road, the government statement said.
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