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At least two injured in clashes between Bahrainis, naturalized citizens

04 March 2011 02:29 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Clashes erupted on Thursday night between a group of Bahrainis and their naturalized counterparts in Hamad Town, in what could be seen as the first signs of brewing sectarian tension, APA reports quoting Xinhua News Agency.

Sources told Xinhua that at least two youths sustained minor injuries and were treated separately in Bahrain Defense Force Hospital and the state-run Salmaniya Medical Complex.

Interior Ministry confirmed that clashes took place and said security forces intervened to control the situation.

The ministry posted on its official twitter that MPs and governor of the area were also present at the site to restore calm among citizens and residents.

Hamad Town is home to scores of naturalized citizens namely from Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan.

Earlier during the day, Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, the main Shiite opposition party raised the issue of naturalization during a meeting with six political societies heading the dialogue. Party leaders said they would not engage in dialogue until the government resign and set a timetable of three weeks for all concerned parties to reach an agreement.

"In seven years the government naturalized 60,000 individuals to change the demography of the kingdom. The government should resign and there should be transparency in royal wealth," Shaikh Ali Salman, leader of Al Wefaq bloc, the main Shiite party, said during the meeting.

The six societies are Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, Democratic Progressive Tribune, Al Ekha National Society, National Democratic Assemblage, Islamic Action Society (Al Amal) and National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad). The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions is also partnered with the above societies to unite as a strong lobby group.

The demands by the six societies include right to have an elected government, establishing a constitutional monarchy, release of remaining political prisoners, independent commission of inquiry into the killing of seven (during clashes with police since Feb. 14) and a neutral state media which can represent all sections of the society.

In addition they are demanding citizens the right to elect MPs with full legislative powers and abolishing the 2002 Constitution.

Their list of demands were submitted to Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

"Formal submissions, however, from other parts of Bahrain society are still being received," indicated a statement by Bahrain News Agency on Thursday.

"At present there are substantial differences between the various groups and parties willing to engage in the national dialogue," the government also said, stressing that "it is precisely for this reason that the dialogue must start in order that a political settlement can be reached by consensus."

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