Bahrain: Shia cleric warns troops not to attack women

Bahrain's leading Shia Muslim cleric has told his followers to retaliate if women are attacked, in a warning to the country's security forces.

In a sermon delivered at Friday prayers Sheikh Isa Qassim said: "Whoever you see abusing a woman, crush him."

The outburst has added to growing tension in the Gulf island state.

Read more on BBC News, published 20. January