Manama, April 29: Bahraini forces have fired live rounds at protesters east of the kingdom, keeping up the Saudi Arabia-backed crackdown on anti-government protests.
The violence occurred on Thursday during clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators in Sitra, a Media correspondent reported.
Video footage featuring earlier events showed the forces using poison gas against protesters.
On Wednesday, the regime forces’ raided one of Sitra’s medical centers before arresting several doctors.
Also on Thursday, a military court in the Persian Gulf kingdom sentenced four detained protesters to death, despite Manama’s rejection of reports by a number of human rights groups, pointing to extended massive rights violations in the country, said our correspondent.
Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty’s 40-year rule.
On March 13, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed police and military forces in the kingdom upon Manama’s request to quell the nationwide protests.
According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested so far during the government clampdown on the peaceful demonstrations.
——–Agencies