Police clear burning tires from a street in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, as anti-government protesters reacted to a judges decision sentencing prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to three years in prison. A three-year prison sentence handed down Thursday to the prominent Bahraini human rights activist for instigating and participating in several anti-government rallies prompted rare criticism from the United States and sparked clashes in the streets of the Gulf nation's capital.
(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Bahrain teenager dies in clashes with police
Police clear burning tires from a street in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, as anti-government protesters reacted to a judges decision sentencing prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to three years in prison. A three-year prison sentence handed down Thursday to the prominent Bahraini human rights activist for instigating and participating in several anti-government rallies prompted rare criticism from the United States and sparked clashes in the streets of the Gulf nation's capital.
(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
August 17, 2012
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MANAMA, Bahrain—Late night clashes with riot police in the divided Gulf nation of Bahrain have left a 16-year-old boy dead.
Yousef al-Muhafedha, of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, said Husam al-Hadad was beaten by security forces late Friday and died from his injuries. The Ministry of Interior confirmed al-Haddad died but only after attacking police with molotov cocktails.
At least 50 people have died since February 2011 on the island nation which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. The Kingdom's Shiite majority are fighting for greater political rights from the Sunni monarchy.
Opposition forces are likely to rally behind the killing, especially since it comes a day after prominent activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to three years in prison for instigating and participating in anti-government rallies.
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