(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In the fifty-ninth day of Bahrain uprising, another Bahraini citizen martyred in prison due to severe injuries.
A Shi'ite businessman and a member of Bahrain opposition group Wefaq "Karim Al-Fakharawi", 49, martyred in police custody on Tuesday, due to severe torture of Al Khalifa forces, the group said, and the daughter of an arrested activist said she was on a hunger strike.
Mattar Mattar a member of Wefaq, said Kareem Fakhrawi had martyred in police custody, a week after he failed to return home from a police station where he had tried to complain about his house being demolished by police.
Fakhrawi's was the fourth known death in police custody in recent days. Bahrain's government denies there is torture in Bahrain and says all such allegations will be investigated.
He was member of the Wifaq Islamic Society, member of the Al-Wasat newspaper, member of Wefaq Council and And social activist.
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