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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Slideshow Full Focus Editor's choice A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Full Article Follow Reuters Bahrain prepares for march, sectarian clash erupts Tweet Share this Link this By Frederik Richter and Lin Noueihed MANAMA (Reuters) - Sectarian clashes broke out at a Bahrain school Thursday, fuelling fears a planned march on the royal court Friday could inflame the Gulf island where a majority of citizens is Shi'ite but the... Email Print Related News Gulf states launch $20 billion fund for Oman and Bahrain 12:12pm EST Analysis & Opinion Permanent revolution trains kids for unemployment Saudi insists protests not Islamic, Facebook group calls for demos Related Topics World » Bahrain » 1 / 3 Nurses from the Sulmaniya Hospital shout anti-government slogans while protesting in front of the United Nations building in Manama March 10, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed By Frederik Richter and Lin Noueihed MANAMA | Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:21pm EST MANAMA (Reuters) - Sectarian clashes broke out at a Bahrain school Thursday, fuelling fears a planned march on the royal court Friday could inflame the Gulf island where a majority of citizens is Shi'ite but the ruling family is Sunni. Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, has been gripped by the worst unrest since the 1990s since protesters took to the streets last month, inspired by uprisings that unseated entrenched rulers in Egypt and Tunisia. Seven people have been killed in clashes with security forces and thousands of the February 14 youth movement still occupy Pearl roundabout, but the opposition is increasingly split. Moderate opposition leaders urged hardliners to cancel Friday's march, warning it could spark clashes between Shi'ites protesting against the government and Sunnis who support it. Moderates led by the largest Shi'ite party Wefaq are calling for constitutional reforms and have called a less provocative rally Friday that is expected to draw tens of thousands. YOUTH SPLIT? One faction of the youth movement urged Wefaq and top Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim to help them stop hardliners from "inciting our youths on the roundabout to hold a march at three o'clock tomorrow to the royal court in Riffa to cause strife and the fall of innocent victims in the people's ranks." Another faction later said the march would go ahead. "It has become clear that the al-Khalifa regime and their cohorts do not value the blood of the natives of this land as much as they value their monopolization of power, whilst stealing the wealth of the people and repressing and depriving citizens of their basic rights," it said in a statement. The march on the king's palace would go through the Riffa area, where Sunnis and members of the royal family live, risking the first direct confrontation between protesters and royals. No more than a few hundred are expected to join the march, but politicians and activists on all sides expect Sunni civilians to come out to block their advance. "Tomorrow will be a tough day," said a political source, who declined to give his name. "If they make the journey they will be met by plainclothes people and not security forces... These protesters are trying to derail the political process because in an election they could not win a seat if they tried." The coalition of much smaller Shi'ite parties behind the march on the royal court are calling for the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic -- demands that have terrified Sunnis who fear this would play into the hands of the oil-producing Gulf's main Shi'ite power, non-Arab Iran. Protests in Bahrain have been peaceful since the initial clashes, but there have been repeated incidents of fighting between Sunni and Shi'ite residents since. Thursday, witnesses said fighting broke out at a school in the town of Sar, where both Shi'ites and Sunni live, when some Shi'ite pupils launched anti-government protests. 1 2 Next World Bahrain Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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