Bahrein : affrontements dans tout le pays après la mort d’un manifestant – 26 janvier 2012

Traffic chaos as clashes continue

gulf-daily-news.com

By REBECCA TORR, » Friday, January 27, 2012

TRAFFIC was disrupted after fresh clashes broke out across the country yesterday as anti-government protesters continued their rampage.

There were reports of trouble in Sitra, Malkiya, Karzakhan, and protesters blocked roads in Jidhafs, Jid Ali, Saar, Daih, Sanabis, Bilad Al Qadeem, Maqaba, Bani Jamra, Duraz, Dair and Budaiya.

Masked youths also set fire to tyres in Salmabad and blocked Shaikh Isa bin Salman Highway in Tubli heading towards Saudi Arabia at around 7pm.

The GDN yesterday reported 41 policemen suffered serious injuries as masked youths went on the rampage across Bahrain on Tuesday.

The renewed clashes came as the General Director of Central Governorate Police announced that Mohammed Ibrahim Yacoup, 19, who was one of several arrested for rioting in Sitra on Wednesday evening, died of natural causes at Salmaniya Medical Complex. Read more…