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Dozens of armoured vehicles near Manama square

by Staff Writers
Manama (AFP) Feb 17, 2011
Dozens of armoured military vehicles were deployed Thursday near Pearl Square in central Manama where Bahraini riot police had earlier launched a violent raid to clear protesters, witnesses said.

The vehicles took their positions along a road near the square, the witnesses said.

Police dispersed the protesters who had been in the square since Tuesday, with four people killed and 95 wounded in the crackdown.



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