Bahrain police fired tear gas at several dozen people protesting the execution by Saudi Arabia on Saturday of a prominent Saudi Shi’ite cleric, an eyewitness said.
- Posted 02 Jan 2016 22:00
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Shi’ite protesters hold posters of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr during a demonstration outside the Saudi embassy in Sanaa October 18, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files
Major General Mansour Al-Turki, a security spokesman from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior, gestures during a news conference on the executions of 47 people, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 2, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
Prominent Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr is seen in this undated handout photo courtesy of Saudi Press Agency. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout
Shi’ite protesters carry posters of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr during a demonstration outside the Saudi embassy in Sanaa October 18, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files
Prominent Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr is seen in this undated handout photo courtesy of Saudi Press Agency. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout
Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
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DUBAI: Bahrain police fired tear gas at several dozen people protesting the execution by Saudi Arabia on Saturday of a prominent Saudi Shi’ite cleric, an eyewitness said.
Demonstrators carrying pictures of the cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, faced security forces in a standoff in the Shi’ite Muslim village of Abu-Saiba, west of the capital Manama.
Activists have called for protests in the Sunni-ruled island kingdom, a sign that Nimr’s death may inflame already raging sectarian tensions in the Middle East.
(Reporting by Gulf Bureau; Editing by Catherine Evans)
– Reuters