Bahrain says three policemen hurt in clashes

Bahrain says three policemen hurt in clashes
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Summary Attacks on security forces have risen in recent months

DUBAI (AFP) - Three policemen were injured, one seriously, in clashes with petrol-bomb-throwing "terrorists" in the Bahraini capital Manama on Saturday, police said.

A communique published by the BNA state news agency said the officers had been trying to reopen a road blocked by burning tyres in the mainly Shiite district of Al-Makharqah.

Attacks on security forces in the Sunni-ruled but Shiite-majority Gulf kingdom have risen in recent months.

Bahrain has been wracked by unrest since security forces crushed Shiite-led protests for a parliamentary government and a constitutional monarchy in 2011.

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