{"id":10544,"date":"2012-06-28T08:40:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10544"},"modified":"2012-06-28T08:56:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T15:56:22","slug":"leading-bahrain-human-rights-activist-shot-by-secuirty-forces-armed-assault-or-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10544","title":{"rendered":"Leading Bahrain Human Rights Activist Shot by Security Forces &#8211; Armed Assault or Assassination Attempt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahrain witnesses: Activist hurt by gas canister<\/strong><br \/>\nBy REEM KHALIFA &#8211; Associated Press &#8211; 28 June, 2012<\/p>\n<p>MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) \u2014 Bahraini police injured a prominent human rights activist by shooting her in the leg with a tear gas canister, witnesses said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Yousef al-Muhafedha, a member of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, said he saw police use a gun to fire the canister at Zainab al-Khawaja at close range after anti-government protesters gathered in the village of Buri southwest of the capital Manama a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Police appeared to recognize al-Khawaja, he added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EItFTvSbDSk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The injury did not appear life-threatening. Associated Press photos taken shortly after the shooting showed her limping with blood trickling down her right leg.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Khawaja is the daughter of jailed activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, whose hunger strike of more than 100 days brought renewed international attention to the protest movement in Bahrain. She couldn&#8217;t immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The government Information Affairs Authority said police had not received al-Khawaja&#8217;s claim of injury, but that all such cases are taken seriously.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If citizens have been harmed due to misconduct or negligence, they are requested to immediately file a complaint so that it can be investigated as soon as possible,&#8221; the authority said in an emailed response to questions.<\/p>\n<p>It added that &#8220;precaution should always be exercised&#8221; by Bahrainis taking part in unauthorized demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Bahraini police said they were searching for three suspects after they discovered what were described as large amounts of highly explosive bomb-making materials during a raid two weeks ago.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/article\/Bahrain-witnesses-Activist-hurt-by-gas-canister-3669322.php\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D10544&amp;text=Leading+Bahrain+Human+Rights+Activist+Shot+by+Security+Forces+-+Armed+Assault+or+Assassination+Attempt%3F&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain witnesses: Activist hurt by gas canister By REEM KHALIFA &#8211; Associated Press &#8211; 28 June, 2012 MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) \u2014 Bahraini police injured a prominent human rights activist by shooting her in the leg with a tear gas canister, witnesses said Thursday. 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