Bahrain Shiite opposition says its chief under arrest

AFP , Sunday 28 Dec 2014

Ali Salman
File Photo: General Secretary of Al Wefaq, Ali Salman speaks during an anti-government sit-in (Photo: Reuters)

Bahrain's main opposition movement Al-Wefaq said its leader Sheikh Ali Salman was arrested on Sunday following a lengthy interrogation at the interior ministry.

Salman, re-elected on Friday as leader of the Shiite opposition group in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom, had been summoned for questioning about "violating certain aspects of the law", the ministry said earlier without providing further details.

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