Bahrain forces attack al-Wefaq member’s home

Bahraini security forces have raided the house of the deputy secretary general of the main opposition party, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.

Aal- e- Khalifah regime forces fired tear gas at the house of Sheikh Hussein al-Dihi and nearby buildings in an attack which he described as unprovoked, Press TV reported.

Al-Dihi added that the forces have carried out several retaliatory attacks on the neighborhood over the past few months.

Al-Wefaq led a mass boycott of the recent parliamentary elections in Bahrain, denouncing the vote as a “farce.”

The group said only 30 percent of eligible voters had participated in first round of the polls while the official electoral commission put voter turnout at 51.5 percent.