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A protester shouts back at riot police as teargas smoke is seen during the demonstration in Manama yesterday.
AFP/Manama
Bahraini riot police fired teargas to disperse an unauthorised demonstration attended by hundreds of protesters in Manama yesterday, witnesses said.
The protest was called by the main Shia opposition bloc Wefaq. Riot police arrested several people, according to witnesses.
The interior ministry said on Wednesday it would not authorise any protests called for by Wefaq and that security forces would use force to “maintain security”.
“Calls for unauthorised demonstrations show a lack of credibility from certain parties... in restarting dialogue for national reconciliation,” government spokeswoman Samira Rajab said yesterday.
There are no comments.
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