{"id":2225,"date":"2016-01-12T16:37:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2225-gunmen-attack-shia-religious-place-in-bahrain-s-sitra\/"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:37:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:37:48","slug":"gunmen-attack-shia-religious-place-in-bahrain-s-sitra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2225-gunmen-attack-shia-religious-place-in-bahrain-s-sitra\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen attack Shia religious place in Bahrain&#8217;s Sitra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">The photos circulated on social media outlets show the damage caused to the windows<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">Activists on social media said that a black 4\u00d74 vehicle opened fire at Al-Marzouq Hussainia hall in Wadyan village in the island of Sitra.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">The photos circulated on social media outlets show the damage caused to the windows of the Hussainiya which the bullets penetrated.<br \/> The reasons behind the attack are not clear yet. Social media activists; however, said that the driver was one of the members of the ruling Al Khalifa family called Khalid Al Khalifa who is in his fifties and has previously attacked the Al-Hamla Obsequies building.<br \/> The developments also come as there has been a wave of extensive arrests in Bahrain in the wake of protests in condemnation of the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia including prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">It&#8217;s noteworthy that several Shia religious gatherings and centers have come under attack in Bahrain and neighboring Saudi Arabia in recent months.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The photos circulated on social media outlets show the damage caused to the windows \u00a0 Activists on social media said that a black 4\u00d74 vehicle opened fire at Al-Marzouq Hussainia hall in Wadyan village in the island of Sitra. 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