REUTERS - Opponents Bahraini reached Sunday to block access to the Financial Harbour business district of Manama, despite police intervention
of the order who used tear gas and water cannons.
The fighting has been unprecedented violence since February 17, when seven people were killed by the army.
Young protesters set up barricades across the avenue leading to the business district, having overwhelmed riot police who were trying to contain near the Place de la Perle, the epicenter of the dispute.
"The Interior Ministry is currently conducting operations to re-open the avenue of King Faisal and advised the demonstrators to return to the Place de la Perle for their own
security ", officials say in a statement.
Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, is restless since last month by an unprecedented protest movement since the 1990s, inspired by the popular uprisings of Tunisia and Egypt.
The Youth Movement of 14-Feb, whose militants are encamped on the Place de la Perle, announced Saturday his intention to form a human chain to block access to the Financial Harbour.
