Bahrain opposition: Protester killed in clashes
By REEM KHALIFABy REEM KHALIFA, Associated Press?
?Riot police throw stun grenades and fire tear gas as they run after Bahraini anti-government protesters during clashes with riot police in Sadad, Bahrain, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, after the politically charged funeral for Ali Hussein Niema, 17, who allegedly was shot dead by riot police late Friday. The death could bring fresh protests by Shiite-led groups seeking a greater political voice in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Riot police throw stun grenades and fire tear gas as they run after Bahraini anti-government protesters during clashes with riot police in Sadad, Bahrain, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, after the politically charged funeral for Ali Hussein Niema, 17, who allegedly was shot dead by riot police late Friday. The death could bring fresh protests by Shiite-led groups seeking a greater political voice in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Bahraini women sit on the street and mourn a youth killed during an anti-government protest, allegedly by police shotgun fire, in the western village of Sadad, Bahrain, early Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. An Interior Ministry statement said a police patrol was attacked with petrol bombs and iron rods, and one person died when "policemen defended themselves." A witness among protesters said demonstrators were marching against the government when a policeman suddenly stepped out near the youth and shot him at close range. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
The casket carrying Ali Hussein Niema, 17, who allegedly was shot dead by riot police late Friday, is accompanied by his father, Hussein, seated holding a picture of his son on the front of the vehicle, and his younger brothers, crying beside the father and seated second left on vehicle, during a politically charged funeral procession attended by thousands in Sadad, Bahrain, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. The death could bring fresh protests by Shiite-led groups seeking a greater political voice in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Bahraini anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Sadad, Bahrain, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, after the politically charged funeral for Ali Hussein Niema, 17, who allegedly was shot dead by riot police late Friday. The death could bring fresh protests by Shiite-led groups seeking a greater political voice in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Hussein Niema, third left in foreground, cries as he tells relatives in Sadad, Bahrain, early Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, that police had just confirmed to him that his son, Ali, 17, was dead. An Interior Ministry statement early Saturday said a police patrol was attacked with petrol bombs and iron rods late Friday, and one person died when "policemen defended themselves." A witness among protesters said demonstrators were marching against the government when a policeman suddenly stepped out near the youth and shot him at close range. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) ? Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades Saturday in clashes with protesters, who broke away from a funeral procession for a 17-year-old boy killed during earlier street battles with security forces in the Gulf kingdom.
Thousands of mourners took part in the funeral march, chanting anti-government slogans and waving Bahraini flags. Later, smaller groups of several hundred demonstrators broke away and hurled stones at police units. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The death of the boy late Friday could stir more tensions between forces for the Sunni-led monarchy and groups from Bahrain's Shiite majority seeking a greater political voice.
More than 50 people have died including protesters and police, in almost 20 months of political turmoil in the strategic island nation, which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
The Shiite-led protests are aimed at breaking Sunni minority rulers' monopoly on power in Bahrain. They started in February 2011 and were inspired by other Arab Spring revolts against authoritarian regimes in the region.
Bahrain's largest Shiite political bloc, Al Wefaq, said security forces killed the boy with using bird shot fire ? used often by Bahrain riot police ? during street clashes in Sadad village, southwest of the capital Manama.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry confirmed one person was killed in what it described as a "terror act" that included firebombs thrown at police.
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