An American journalist and her camera crew who were arrested in Bahrain and accused of participating in an illegal gathering have left the country after being released on Tuesday, their families said in a statement.
Bahrain had said security forces arrested four U.S. citizens on Sunday while they were "participating with a group of saboteurs who were carrying out riot acts" in the village of Sitra. They were found with cameras and computers.
Demonstrators in Sitra, a Shiite village east of the capital Manama, have clashed with security forces in recent days as the country marked the fifth anniversary of Arab Spring protests.