Bahrain protesters kill two policemen as anti-government clashes intensify

16.03.2011                      10.Adar ll, 5771

Bahrain:

Bahrain protesters kill two policemen as anti-government clashes intensify

Police and military units fired tear gas as they pushed into Pearl Square, which has been the center of uprising against Bahrain's rulers, a day after Bahrain's king declared a three-month state of emergency.

Two Bahraini policemen were killed on Wednesday, a health official said, in an operation to clear mainly Shi'ite Muslim protesters from a central roundabout where they had been camped out for weeks.
The two policemen were knocked down by protesters driving in cars at high speeds, the official said. It was not clear how many protesters were hurt in the incident….