Anti-government protesters run from tear gas fired by riot police, as they attempt to get to the village of Diraz, west of Manama yesterday.
MANAMA: Police in Bahrain fired teargas and blocked roads yesterday to stop thousands of Shia Muslims joining prayers led by one of their spiritual leaders Sheikh Issa Qassim in his village of Diraz, west of the capital Manama. A 16-year-old Bahraini was killed on a highway not far from Diraz in what the Interior Ministry said was a traffic accident. Opposition and human rights activists said he had ran onto a busy road while being chased by police.
