THU 28 - 3 - 2024
 
Date: Oct 7, 2011
Source: Associated Press
Bahrain pledges probe into teen death during rally

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain has ordered an investigation into the death of a teenage boy who opposition groups claim was killed by police gunfire during an anti-government protest.
Seventeen-year-old Ahmed Jaber died late Thursday during a violent rally in the Gulf kingdom.


Opposition groups say he was shot by a police birdshot — used for crowd control — and a pellet entered his heart or lungs. Bahrain police say they used only tear gas and concussion grenades to respond to a violent protest in the Abu Saiba area in northern Bahrain.


A government statement on Friday says the cause of death was listed as cardiac arrest and promises a full probe.
At least 35 people have died since Bahrain's Shiite-led majority began protests in February seeking greater rights from the ruling Sunni monarchy.



 
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