An antigovernment rally in Bahrain on Friday resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy, after the unarmed teenager was beaten by police, Human Rights Watch said. Police allege that the teenager attacked officers with a Molotov cocktail.
Hussam Al Haddad was knocked down by rubber buckshot, and a man in civilian clothing repeatedly kicked the teenager while nearby police officers stood and watched, eyewitnesses told the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR).Haddad was blood-soaked and unconscious by the time a relative attempted to intervene.
BCHR member Said Yousif Al Muhafdha visited Salmaniya Hospital, where the teenager was pronounced dead, but was forced to leave and was not allowed to see the body.The Bahraini Ministry of the Interior confirmed the death, calling Haddad a ‘terrorist’
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