Four killed in violent Bahrain crackdown: opposition

MANAMA: Riot police stormed through a Manama square in the dark early Thursday firing rubber bullets and tear gas in a harsh crackdown on anti-regime protesters that left four dead, witnesses and opposition said. Up to 95 protesters were wounded when police launched the operation in the iconic Pearl Square without warning at around 3am (midnight GMT), sending protesters fleeing in panic, they said. “They attacked the square, where hundreds of people were spending the night in tents,” said one witness, 37-year-old Fadel Ahmad. At the city’s main Salmaniya hospital, medical staff were overwhelmed as ambulances and private cars were still ferrying in the injured more than three…

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Four killed in violent Bahrain crackdown: opposition

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