(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130226-bahrain-da.photoblog600.jpg)Mohammed Al-Shaikh / AFP - Getty ImagesA woman runs for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes with protesters, who tried to reach Salmaniya hospital to get the dead body of Mahmud al-Jaziri, on Feb. 25, 2013 in the village of Zinj, a suburb of Manama, Bahrain.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130226-bahrain2-da.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Hasan Jamali / APBahraini boys look at an anti-government protester, unseen, as he adds fuel to old furniture being set on fire in a street in Malkiya on Feb. 26, 2013.Protests were held in opposition-heavy villages across Bahrain on Tuesday as demonstrators demanded that the government release the body of a 20-year-old who died last week from injuries sustained during earlier clashes with police.
Mahmud al-Jaziri succumbed to his wounds after he was shot during demonstrations commemorating the second anniversary of the Gulf kingdom’s 2011 uprising.
The protesters are calling for al-Jaziri's body to be released for burial.
-- The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse
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