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Arabia
Bahrain Security Forces Clash with Young Protesters
2012-03-19
[An Nahar] Bahraini security forces clashed with youths on Sunday after the funeral of a protester who allegedly died after inhaling tear gas fired by riot police, witnesses said.

The festivities erupted in the Shiite village of Al-Muqsha, north of the capital Manama, following the funeral of Jaafer Jassem Ridha, 41.

The main Iranian catspaw Al-Wefaq said Ridha died after inhaling tear gas fired at a recent demonstration that was violently dispersed by riot police.
An awful lot of people seem to have died recently after inhaling tear gas. Odd, that.
It's not the tear gas, it's the truncheons and batons that follow close behind...
Catches 'em when they're not looking...
Hard to look when one is crying, I s'pose.
Al-Wefaq also said on Sunday that another Bahraini, 27-year-old Sabri Mahfoud, had died after inhaling tear gas, without elaborating on the circumstances or date of the incident.

The interior ministry said on Twitter that a group of people "provoked acts of violence and barricaded the streets" after Ridha's burial, adding that necessary "lawful measures" were taken to contain the situation, without saying what these were.

The ministry also announced on Sunday the opening of a probe into claims that a policeman had thrown a petrol bomb, as a video posted online appeared to show.

The inquiry could lead to disciplinary measures against the suspect, a senior ministry official said in a statement received by Agence La Belle France Presse.
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