MOI “Pinkertons” raid village of Akr, walk away with prisoners – of course they did, guitly or not

Bahrain arrests four after “terrorist attack” on policemen
10 April, 2012 – Lebanon Now

Bahraini authorities arrested four people Tuesday in a dawn raid on a Shia village, the opposition said, after seven policemen were wounded there in what officials claimed was a “terrorist attack.”

Al-Wefaq, the main opposition bloc, said that security forces arrested four people in the village of Akr, south of Manama, and “brutally” beat up relatives of those wanted by authorities in a crackdown which also left several wounded.

The arrests came hours after state news agency BNA quoted public security chief, General Tareq al-Hassan, as saying that an improvised bomb exploded late Monday near a police checkpoint at the entrance to Akr “wounding seven policemen, three of them critically.”

Hassan added that the initial investigation “revealed that the explosion was caused by a pipe bomb attached to a container full of gasoline.”

In a late Monday statement, Al-Wefaq said that it was closely “following the developments in Akr… but we have no independent information” about the incident, adding that the village was “entirely surrounded by security forces who are imposing collective punishment.”

“We have received calls for help from village residents,” it said, adding that security forces are “using pellet guns” against the villagers.
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