Dec. 6, 2011: A woman participates during a Shiite procession marking Ashura, a period of mourning for Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's founding prophet Mohamed.
MANAMA, Bahrain-- Bahrain's Health Ministry says a woman who was seriously hurt during a recent anti-government protest in the Gulf kingdom has died of her injuries.
statement says the 27-year-old woman sustained head injuries during "rioting" last month in a Shiite village near the capital Manama. She died in a hospital early Wednesday.
Bahraini rights groups say she was fatally injured in the head by a metal rod during a November protest and that security forces are responsible for her death.
More than 35 people have died in clashes and protest-related violence since February when the Shiite majority started campaigning for greater rights in the Sunni-ruled Bahrain.
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