AFP - Two protesters were killed Shiites in Bahrain in quelling anti-government protests, which continued Tuesday in this small Gulf kingdom ruled by a Sunni dynasty.
The protests erupted Monday in the Shiite villages on the initiative of surfers who have called on Facebook to protest to demand political and social reforms in the wake of riots in Tunisia and Egypt.
Bahrain, Shiite-majority country, made short shrift next to the other oil monarchies of the region, its oil reserves had virtually dried up.
Customers have called on Facebook to continue the demonstrations on Tuesday, including a high turnout at the funeral of the victims.
The Shiite bloc in parliament, al-Wefaq which has 18 seats elected on 40, said it had suspended its participation in the meeting because of the repression "wild" demonstrators calling including that the government solve the unemployment problem and increases wages.
A young protester, Ali Mcheimeh, succumbed to his injuries on Monday night received during the dispersal of a demonstration in the Shiite village of Diya, east of Manama, said the interior ministry by announcing an inquiry whether the police had "had an unwarranted use of weapons."
The police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in several Shiite villages, which Darraz, west of Manama, Sitra (east), Balad Al-Qadim and Jed Hafs (center), witnesses said.
A second Shiite protester was killed by a "bullet fragmentation" when dispersing a rally Tuesday at a hospital in Manama prior to the funeral of Mcheimeh, according to an Opposition MP Shiite Ibrahim al-Khalil Marzooq, which was also reported injured.
"Fadel Salman Matrouk was killed by bullets in front of the hospital Suleimania fragmentation in Manama where people had gathered for the funeral of the first martyr," he told AFP.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement on the Twitter site a "clash pitted some people attending a funeral at a patrol of security forces", which caused the death of Matrouk. An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances of his death.
Mr.Marzooq further explained that the movement al-Wefaq had suspended its participation in parliament "because of the reaction to the wild events that left two dead."
Besides the House, which has limited powers, Parliament has a consultative council whose 40 members are appointed by the king and can block any initiative from the elected assembly.
Between 1994 and 1999, Bahrain was the scene of violence led by Shiites who had been forty deaths. The Shiites feel discriminated against in employment, social services like housing and public services provided to their villages.
