One dead as Bahrain police fire at protestors

At least one person has reportedly been killed and several others injured after riot police in Bahrain opened fire at protesters holding a funeral service for a man killed during protests yesterday. 

Fadhel Ali Almatrook was hit with bird-shotgun in the capital, Manama, the head of foreign relations at the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights said.

"This morning the protesters were walking from the hospital to the cemetery and they got attacked by the riot police," she said. "Thousands of people are marching in the streets, demanding the removal of the regime - police fired tear gas and bird shot, using excessive force - that is why people got hurt."

Bahrain’s protests is also inspired by the recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and yesterday demonstrators held protests on a day they called as ‘a Day of Rage’.

Shias, accounting for 70%, of Bahrain's population have often alleged discrimination at the hands of the kingdom's Sunni rulers.