British police on Tuesday arrested two activists who had occupied the rooftop of Bahrain's Embassy in a protest against the Gulf kingdom's Sunni rulers.

The BBC and Britain's The Independent newspaper both identified one of the protesters as Mushaima's son, Ali.The BBC said the other man is 30-year-old Moosa Satrawi.

British police would not identify the demonstrators or say whether they are from Bahrain.

The two men, who had scaled the building Monday and threatened to jump off its roof, were taken into custody Tuesday after they surrendered and were not immediately charged, said London's Metropolitan Police. [Source: AP]