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Corrected-Bahrain police attack a "massacre" -top Shi'ite cleric


    (Corrects number of deaths to four from five)

    DIRAZ, Bahrain (Reuters) - Bahrain's top Shi'ite cleric said on Friday a police attack on protesters which killed four people was a "massacre" and the government has shut the door to dialogue.

    Sheikh Issa Qassem, seen as the most revered Shi'ite cleric in Bahrain, spoke at a mosque in a Shi'ite village on the northwestern edge of Bahrain, where thousands gathered for the Friday prayer.

    (Reporting by Frederik Richter; Editing by David Stamp)