Bahrain police fire tear gas at dozens protesting Saudi cleric's execution - witness
Demonstrators carrying pictures of the cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, faced security forces in a standoff
A rally in Qatif, October 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
DUBAI:
Bahrain police fired tear gas at several dozen people protesting the execution by Saudi Arabia on Saturday of a prominent Saudi Shia cleric, an eyewitness said.
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Demonstrators carrying pictures of the cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, faced security forces in a standoff in the Shia Muslim village of Abu-Saiba, west of the capital Manama.
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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.
Bahrain police fired tear gas at several dozen people protesting the execution by Saudi Arabia on Saturday of a prominent Saudi Shia cleric, an eyewitness said.
Saudi Arabia says 47 executed on terror charges, including top Shia cleric
Demonstrators carrying pictures of the cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, faced security forces in a standoff in the Shia Muslim village of Abu-Saiba, west of the capital Manama.
Hundreds rally in Saudi for death row Shias: witness
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.