Bahrain denies claim on arrests

MANAMA - Bahrain yesterday denied an opposition claim that it had arrested 60 children in connection with political unrest in…

MANAMA - Bahrain yesterday denied an opposition claim that it had arrested 60 children in connection with political unrest in the Gulf state. "The claim is incorrect. It is completely baseless," a government official said.

The London based Bahrain Freedom Movement said in a statement yesterday that Bahrain - scene of sporadic unrest over the last two years - had arrested 60 children, most of them under 16 years old.

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