Tuesday, February 15, 2011
2 killed in anti-government protest in Bahrain
NHK World
The recent wave of popular upheaval in the Middle East has spread to Bahrain. Anti-government demonstrators clashed with riot police in the Arab Gulf state on Monday, leaving at least 2 citizens dead.
In Bahrain, a Sunni Muslim minority rules over a Shia majority who account for 70 percent of the population.
Discontented Shia citizens used the Internet to call for the demonstrations. Up to several thousands of people demonstrated in the outskirts of the capital Manama and elsewhere.
Security police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up the demonstrations.
Reuters news agency reports that at least 2 citizens have been killed and more than 20 wounded in the clashes.
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