Bahraini opposition asks for official apology from the US

Major opposition groups in Bahrain, the Islamic national reconciliation society on Wednesday asked for an "American official apology" on the row that took place on Sunday between American soldiers and Bahraini citizens.

In a statement, the Bahraini opposition said: "we ask for the formation of committee composed of Bahraini citizens as well as official sides in order to get to know the details of the incident and then to submit its report to the judiciary in order to take it due course to punish the attackers being military men or civilians. We also ask for an official apology to the people from the official establishment which represents these young Americans."

The society accuses the American soldiers of attacking "the owners of the shop by sharp equipment and also of using a chemical spray that burns the skin of the face." The Bahraini opposition also accuses the security forces of abstaining from preventing the attacks hatched against the Bahraini citizens.