MANAMA: The General Director of the Capital Governorate Police confirmed that on Thursday that an illegal rally took place at a mosque in Mukharqa after an Imam encouraged people to organize the rally.
He said that some of the participants forced shop owners to close their shops, blocked roads and shouted violent slogans and terrorized those not participating in the rally.
The General Director said the police warned the group to disperse several times but that the group ignored the warnings. Police then used proportionate and necessary force to disperse the group and restore order. Several of the lawbreakers were arrested at an outside annex of the mosque restroom after trying to hide there. The Public Prosecution was notified.