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Foreign journalists deported as Bahrain engulfed by pre-F1 protests
Two Bahraini anti-government protesters were injured on Saturday following clashes with police, who used teargas and rubber bullets. Three foreign journalists were deported from the country as F1 is to kick off.
Clashes in Bahrain have continued overnight with two people injured in an attack on police, AFP reports, adding practice sessions for Sunday’s Formula 1 race at the Sakhir circuit in the south were unaffected by the unrest.
Protests and clashes broke out in nearly 20 villages on Friday evening and night, according to Sayed Yousif al-Muhafda from the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.
“The riot police came and attacked them with teargas and shotguns and rubber bullets,” Muhafda said to Reuters.
Government officials have been trying to downplay the scale of violence, describing the overnight clashes as “the normal sort.”
http://rt.com/news/bahrain-unrest-jounal…orted-134/
2013-04-20 08:00:08
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