Manama burns as protestors clash with police on anniversary

Protestors took to the streets on Bahrain's capital for the anniversary of the Saudi-led crackdown on the Shia uprising [2] against the Bahraini government, AP reported on Thursday.

Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails [3] and burned tires in ongoing clashes with the police in Manama.

The protests mark the second anniversary [4] of the intervention by Saudi forces, alongside other Gulf states, to halt the growing unrest against the Sunni government.

Bahrain is a Shia majority state but is led by a Sunni ruling elite. During the last two years of protests, police have repeatedly been accused of using excessive force against demonstrators [5] as well as torturing those in detention. 

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