Bahraini Authorities Arrest Six Citizens Including Minor in Sitra Raid

Rasa - Bahraini authorities carried out a widespread raid in the city of Sitra, and arrested at least 6 citizens including a 15-year-old minor, local media said.

News ID: 427981

Date: 08 March 2017 - 21:44

RNA - Al Khalifah forces carried out the raid in Sitra for the second consecutive day as the regime has recently intensified crackdown on the opposition and the Bahraini people supporting them, Bahrain Mirror reported.

During the raid, large number of forces broke into a house in Sitra and took Jassim Al-Basri, 15, to an unknown place.

The forces also arrested two other civilians, named Yousif Hassan Khamis and Mahmoud Al-Saffar. They didn’t give the reason for the arrest made during the raid.

The citizens who were arrested a day before, Salman Abdullah, Mohammad Isa Radhi and Ali Abdali Khdeir, however, made a phone call saying they are being held at the criminal investigation building in the country's intelligence department.

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