Protests reignited in Bahrain

Thousands of demonstrators cut off financial district of Manama as some warn country may be heading for sectarian conflict Thousands of anti-government demonstrators cut off Bahrain’s financial centre and drove back police trying to push them from the capital’s central square in the most disruptive protests since unrest erupted a month ago. Demonstrators clashed with security forces and government supporters on the campus of the main university in the Gulf kingdom. The clashes led some to warn that Bahrain could be heading toward open sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites, who account for 70% of the country’s 525,000 people. Thousands of protesters blocked King Faisal Highway, a four-lane road leading to the financial district of the capital, Manama. Security forces dispersed about 350 by using teargas, the government said. Police moved in on Pearl Square, occupied by members of the Shiite majority calling for an elected government and equality with Sunnis. Witnesses said security forces surrounded the tents, shooting teargas and rubber bullets at activists. Bahrain Middle East Arab and Middle East protests Protest guardian.co.uk

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