Ali Jawad al-Sheikh | |
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علي جواد الشيخ | |
![]() Ali in 2010 | |
Born | 29 January 1997[1] |
Died | (aged 14) Sitra, Bahrain |
Known for | Bahraini uprising |
Ali Jawad al-Sheikh (Arabic: علي جواد الشيخ) was a 14-year-old Bahraini who died in the hospital on 31 August 2011 after reportedly being hit in the head by a tear gas canister shot by Bahraini security forces during the Bahraini uprising. The Bahraini government denied security force involvement in his death and offered a reward for information on the incident. Activists, however, began a series of large protests after his funeral.