Many injured in Bahrain protests
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February 19, 2011, Saturday
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Soldiers fired tear gas and shot heavy weapons into the air as thousands of protest marchers in Bahrain defied a government ban and streamed toward the landmark square that has been the symbolic center of the uprising against the Gulf nation's leaders.
Hospital officials said at least 20 people were injured, some seriously. Ambulance sirens were heard throughout the capital Manama a day after riot police swept through the protest encampment in Pearl Square, killing at least five people.
Army units shot anti-aircraft weapons above the protesters in apparent warning shots and attempts to drive them back from security cordons about 200 meters from the square.
The clash came just hours after funeral mourners and worshippers at yesterday prayers called for the toppling of the Western-allied monarchy.
The cries against the king reflect an escalation of the political uprising, which began with calls to weaken the Sunni monarchy's power.
Hospital officials said at least 20 people were injured, some seriously. Ambulance sirens were heard throughout the capital Manama a day after riot police swept through the protest encampment in Pearl Square, killing at least five people.
Army units shot anti-aircraft weapons above the protesters in apparent warning shots and attempts to drive them back from security cordons about 200 meters from the square.
The clash came just hours after funeral mourners and worshippers at yesterday prayers called for the toppling of the Western-allied monarchy.
The cries against the king reflect an escalation of the political uprising, which began with calls to weaken the Sunni monarchy's power.
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