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Bahrain Crackdown Kills Four

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Police evict protesters from square.

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Police in Bahrain violently evicted protesters from Manama’s Pearl Square Thursday, killing at least four people. The raid began at 3:15 a.m. local time, and the army locked down the capital not long after. The government has since cut off access to the square, fencing it with barbed wire and removing the makeshift structures the protesters built.

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