Dozens of armoured vehicles near Manama square

AFP , Thursday 17 Feb 2011

Military vehicles deploy near Pearl Square in central Manama where riot police stormed on protesters earlier, killing four

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

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