AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Press TV
Thursday

8 December 2011

8:30:00 PM
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Bahraini troops attack protesters

Saudi-backed Bahraini troops have attacked anti-government demonstrators demanding the down fall of the ruling Al Khalifa family near the capital, Manama.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Witnesses say regime troops fired tear gas as hundreds of protesters from the village of Musalla, east of Manama, who tried to march toward to the Martyrs Square, formerly known as Pearl Square, on Friday.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The demonstrators had earlier gathered in Musalla village to mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam, Hussein (PBUH).

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