Thousands Attend Funerals Of Protests Victims In Bahrain -- Voice of America
Thousands of mourners have gathered in villages outside Bahrain's capital, Manama, to bury the victims of Thursday's crackdown on anti-government protests.
During funeral rites for the victims, the mourners chanted slogans calling for the overthrow of the government.
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