AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Press TV
Thursday

16 February 2012

8:30:00 PM
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Thousands of Bahrainis Attend Funeral of "Hussain al-Baqalai", Anti-Discrimination Protester

Thousands of Bahrainis have attended the funeral procession of an anti-government protester east of the capital, who was killed by regime forces.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The 19-year-old Hussain al-Baqalai was severely injured after Saudi-backed Bahraini troops attacked a protest rally in the village of Jidd Hafs on Thursday.

According to activists, he died of his wounds hours later after police prevented his family from taking him to hospital.

Meanwhile, activists have also reported that regime forces raided several homes in the village of Sanabis near the capital Manama and detained opposition protesters.

Manama authorities have also intensified military presence in and around the site of the iconic Pearl Square, now called Martyrs Square.

Bahrain has been hit by a wave of anti-regime protests since mid-February last year, which was immediately met with a brutal crackdown by the ruling Al Khalifa family.

Dozens of demonstrators have been killed and scores wounded in the popular uprising in the Persian Gulf nation.

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