DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain is investigating the death of five people during a raid on the home village of the spiritual leader of its Shi'ite Muslim community, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
A ministry statement said the five were among a group that attacked security forces raiding what it said were "terrorist organisations" on Tuesday in Diraz, the village of Ayatollah Isa Qassim, and that nearly 300 people were arrested.
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