Bahrain stage anti-regime rally to mourn latest victims

Bahrainis have taken to the streets to mourn the deaths of two people killed by Saudi-backed regime forces during attacks on protesters on Wednesday, Press TV reports.
People from all walks of life were heading on Thursday afternoon to the funeral site in the town of Ma'ameer about 15 kilometers (9.5 miles) south of the capital, Manama.Earlier on Thursday, activists and opposition groups confirmed the deaths of two people during a crackdown on an anti-regime protest the day before.
On Wednesday, an elderly Bahraini man died after the Saudi-backed regime forces attacked his home in Ma'ameer with tear gas.
The other victim was an elderly woman who also died after inhaling toxic tear gas in a similar attack by regime forces in the capital's Naim neighborhood.
The two were part of a mass protest calling for the downfall of the ruling Al Khalifa family.
Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more arrested or fired from their jobs since the beginning of the popular uprising in Bahrain in February 2011.

In late January, Amnesty International called on Bahraini authorities to “investigate and account for the reports of more than a dozen deaths following tear gas use.”
Amnesty also called on the US government to “suspend transfers of tear gas and other riot control equipment to the Bahraini authorities.”
Bahraini protesters have vowed to continue their anti-regime protests despite the violent crackdown by security forces.