(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces have martyred a female anti-government protester as demonstrations continue in the capital Manama and other parts of the country, activists say.
Zainab Hassan A'al Jumah, 47, was martyred in Sitra city on Friday after the security forces heavily fired a teargas grenade from a hovering helicopters.
Several protesters were also injured and one is in critical condition. The wounded were sent to the Salmaniya hospital under guard.
A number of people were also injured in the towns of Diraz and Eker during demonstrations.
On Friday, thousands of people took to the streets in the Bilad al-Qadim area in response to a call for weekly demonstrations by Bahrain's largest opposition group, al-Wefaq.
During Friday prayers, the country's top cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, said political reform is a religious demand, adding that religion and politics should not be separate.
He also condemned the Bahraini government for trying to turn the popular revolution into a sectarian conflict.
Anti-regime protesters have been holding demonstrations across the country since mid-February, demanding that the Al Khalifa ruling family relinquish power.
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source : ABNA Persian
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15 July 2011
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Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces have martyred a female anti-government protester as demonstrations continue in the capital Manama and other parts of the country, activists say.