Bahraini baby girl killed

This video is called Direct targeting tear gas on a girl’s car in Bahrain.

From the Financial Times in England:

December 12, 2011 12:52 pm

Baby’s death threatens Bahrain reform agenda

By Simeon Kerr in Dubai

The death of a five-day-old girl has become the latest episode threatening to overshadow attempts by the Bahrain government to lift the state out of a year of protest and repression.

Al-Wefaq, the main Shia opposition party, says there is evidence to show that the infant died in her home on Sunday as a result of inhalation of tear gas fired by riot police.

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