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AFP
Dubai
Bahrain on Wednesday warned people against holding protests a day after police shot dead five demonstrators in the home village of the spiritual leader of the kingdom's Shiite majority.
Security forces would"challenge, in accordance with the law, any gathering or incitement" to protest, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Dozens were also wounded after police on Tuesday opened fire on a demonstration in Diraz, the scene of a long-running sit-in outside the home of cleric Isa Qassim.
The ministry identified four of the five protesters killed in Wednesday's statement, and said 31 members of the security forces were wounded.
Police arrested 286"wanted persons", including at least 11 prison escapees, the ministry said, adding the sit-in had become a refuge for"wanted persons and fugitives".
