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.jpg) MANAMA — Police in Bahrain’s capital have raided a boys’ high school and fired tear gas in clashes with students angry over a fellow student’s arrest the day before.
Tuesday’s violence comes as the Persian Gulf nation boosted security in preparation for next week’s Formula One race, The Associated Press reported.
Police are clashing with students at the school, located close to the U.S. Embassy in a residential southern district of Manama full of parks and nurseries.
Mohamed Jaber, a father of one of the students, says he came to pick up his son but police told him and other parents to leave.
On Monday, police arrested 17-year-old student Hassan Humidan at the school.
Bahrainis have been staging peaceful demonstrations against the government since February 2011 despite the ruling Al Khalifa regime’s heavy-handed crackdown.
The demonstrations are expected to escalate as the kingdom is preparing to host the Formula One Grand Prix from April 19 to 21.
Over the past few days, thousands of Bahrainis have taken to the streets across the country to express their opposition to the sporting event.
Bahrainis say the Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, should cancel the event in Bahrain over the ongoing crackdown by Manama on the peaceful protests.
The Formula One is Bahrain’s premier international event. It was canceled in 2011 as a result of mass anti-government protests in the country. However, the event went ahead in 2012 despite protests.
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