Bahraini forces attack memorial service for crackdown victim

Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have attacked a memorial service for a teenage boy, who was shot dead by security forces during an anti-regime demonstration.

Witnesses say regime forces on Tuesday fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of people who gathered in the village of Daih to pay tribute to Hussein al-Jaziri, the latest victim of Manama crackdown on protests.

They also chanted slogans against the ruling Al Khalifa family.

The 16-year-old boy was shot in the stomach by security forces during the demonstrations marking the second anniversary of the revolution in the Persian Gulf state on Thursday.

Bahrainis have been staging demonstrations since mid-February 2011, demanding political reform and a constitutional monarchy, a demand that later changed to an outright call for the ouster of the ruling Al Khalifa family following its brutal crackdown on popular protests.

Scores have been killed, many of them under torture while in custody, and thousands more detained since the popular uprising in Bahrain began.

Protesters say they will continue holding anti-regime demonstrations until their demand for the establishment of a democratically-elected government and an end to rights violations are met.