Clashes in majority Shia villages<br /> <br /> Police use tear gas to disperse crowds*<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Bahrain politcally volatile since 2011*<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> Anti-government protests and clashes with riot police continued in various villages with a Shi’ite majority in Bahrain.<br /><br /> Bahrainis march in Sitra for democracy and #humanrights<br />#Bahrain pic.twitter.com/CZrvaqcFtJ— AlwefaqEN (@AlWefaqEN) January 1, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> Dozens of protesters came out on the streets wearing gas masks and carrying pro-Shi’ite flags.<br /><br /> Tear gas and buckshot to put down pro-democracy marches in Sitra earlier today<br />#Bahrain #NewYearsDay pic.twitter.com/uFErpfbvKX— AlwefaqEN (@AlWefaqEN) January 1, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> Some were seen carrying molotov cocktails and rocks.<br /><br /> Tear-gas rounds fall near protester in #Sitra #Bahrain 5 JAN 2016 during 4th day of protests and… https://t.co/MGp14jghsn— Mazen Mahdi (@MazenMahdi) January 5, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> Riot police fired tear gas to disperse them.<br /><br /> *Is this just about the executed Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr?
