Opposition: Thousands hit Bahrain streets to mourn fallen protesters
\nBy the CNN Wire Staff
\nJune 4, 2011 — Updated 0400 GMT (1200 HKT)<\/p>\n
Manama, Bahrain (CNN) — Thousands of Bahrainis hit the streets again to vent their anger at the Arab nation’s government on Friday, an opposition source said, days after the justice ministry warned against “any type of activities that could affect the security or harm the national peace and safety.”<\/p>\n
Sanabis, just west of the capital, Manama, was the hub of the day’s biggest demonstrations. Thousands marched late Friday in the suburb, an opposition source said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, about 1,000 people had gathered to mourn Zainab Ali Altajir, a 69-year-old woman who died Thursday after allegedly inhaling tear gas fired by authorities as they clashed with protesters, an opposition figure said.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Bahrain’s interior ministry website, the government denied that the woman died from tear gas inhalation, saying she had chronic heart disease and died of natural causes.<\/p>\n
Later Friday, the opposition source said, about 1,000 demonstrators congregated in Manama to remember Salman Abu Idrees, a 63-year-old who had been missing since mid-March. Images of Idrees’ body showed his injuries — including one that the source said was a rubber bullet in the stomach. …more<\/a><\/p>\n