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Bahrain police officer injured in shooting as tensions spike

Associated Press
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    FILE- In this Friday, March 14, 2014 file photo, Bahraini anti-government protesters burn representations of the flag of Gulf countries' Peninsula Shield forces, during a protest in Malkiya, Bahrain. Bahraini authorities say they have put to death three men found guilty of a deadly attack on police, the kingdom's first executions since an Arab Spring-inspired uprising rocked the country in 2011. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE- In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014 file photo, a police officer stands next to a paint-splattered armored vehicle at a checkpoint at the entry of Eker village, Bahrain. Bahraini authorities say they have put to death three men found guilty of a deadly attack on police, the kingdom's first executions since an Arab Spring-inspired uprising rocked the country in 2011. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File) (The Associated Press)

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    Anti government protestors block the road in the Jidhafs district of Bahrain, Sunday Jan. 15, 2017, after authorities executed three men this morning they found guilty of a deadly attack on police, the kingdom's first executions since an Arab Spring-inspired uprising rocked the country in 2011. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Bahraini authorities say a police officer has been injured in a shooting that occurred during a spike in anti-government protests in the island kingdom.

The Ministry of Interior said Sunday the officer was hurt when several people shot at a police patrol in Bani Jamra, west of the capital Manama. It gave no further details.

The shooting came amid a series of marches and clashes between opposition activists and police Saturday.

The latest unrest was sparked by rumors that three men found guilty of a deadly 2014 attack on police were set to be executed or already had been put to death.

Their executions would be the first since a 2011 uprising led by Bahrain's Shiite majority that called for greater political rights was crushed by the Sunni-led government.