Iraqis march in support of Shiite cleric targeted by Bahrain police

Over 1,000 Iraqi Shiites marched in front of Bahrain’s embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday to condemn a raid by police in Bahrain on the home town of a prominent Shiite cleric, which left at least five dead and 286 people under arrest.

Tear gas and rubber bullets were fired during a police operation on Tuesday in the Bahraini city of Diraz, home of Sheikh Isa Qassim and a long-running sit-in supporting him.

The operation followed a Bahraini court decision giving Qassim a year’s suspended prison sentence. His supporters have called his trial politically motivated.

(CGTN)