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Bahrain arrests 41 rioters
January 2, 2003 5:42am
01/02/2003
Bahraini authorities have detained 41 rioters who went on a rampage
during New Year's Eve celebrations, damaging cars and properties and
assaulting people in the capital Manama, the Interior Ministry said
Wednesday.
A ministry statement said the rioters, mostly teenagers or in their
20s, damaged or set ablaze nearly 130 cars, of which 95 were completely
burned. More than 2,000 rioters, many of them masked, were involved.
"Those involved in the riots will be questioned and referred to
trial," it added.
The riots were centered at Exhibition Avenue, an area that attracts
many nationals of neighboring Saudi Arabia who take their holidays in
Bahrain. The official Bahraini news agency quoted eyewitnesses as
saying the rioters attacked several people in the area, seriously
injuring some.
The ministry statement said the rioters also damaged the windows of a
U.S. fast food restaurant Jasmi's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and seven
hotels in the area.
One witness said the rioters had been celebrating the New Year "before
they went crazy, attacking foreigners and damaging
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