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2035 GMT: Bahrain. The Minister of Interior has posted its explanation for the police confrontation of protests today.
The Ministry said the request of the opposition society Al Wefaq to march through the capital Manama had been denied because "the proposed route would have caused major traffic delays and negatively affected businesses in the major business corridor". Al Wefaq had defied this with public statements over social media that called for participation: "as a result, various people gathered at the meeting place and engaged in the blocking of roads, vandalism, and the spreading of fear among the business owners in the area".
The Ministry asserted that "special security forces...used legal, necessary force to disperse the vandals", with six arrests.
The Ministry concluded that it was filing a case against Al Wefaq to be referred to the public prosecution.