Bahrain arrests spark rioting
MANAMA, Bahrain – Police fired tear gas at dozens of rioters in Bahrain yesterday as the public prosecutor charged three Shiite Muslim activists with promoting a coup.
The island in the Persian Gulf is a close U.S. ally and hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet. The country’s Shiite majority last month staged widespread protests fueled in part by economic disparities between them and the predominantly Sunni ruling elite.
Bahrain arrests spark rioting
MANAMA, Bahrain – Police fired tear gas at dozens of rioters in Bahrain yesterday as the public prosecutor charged three Shiite Muslim activists with promoting a coup.
The island in the Persian Gulf is a close U.S. ally and hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet. The country’s Shiite majority last month staged widespread protests fueled in part by economic disparities between them and the predominantly Sunni ruling elite.
Rioters hurled stones and burned tires and trash cans, causing traffic jams outside the capital, Manama, witnesses said. Several rioters were injured, but police would not give a specific number.
The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the three had been charged with promoting a coup “through terrorism.” – AP
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