Earlier Tuesday, the interior ministry said a protester has died of the wounds he sustained in clashes between the police and scattered groups of young people in the village of Diya, east of the capital Manama.
The statement said the ministry would open an investigation into his death.
In an earlier statement, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa expressed "his deep condolences to the family of the man who died of wounds he sustained in the events in Diya."
Doha-based Al-Jazeera TV, citing eyewitnesses, said fierce clashes have erupted between protesters and policemen in two Shiite-majority villages of Darraz and Sanabis, west of Manama.
The TV said policemen fired tear gas to disperse the protesters.
At least 14 people were injured in clashes between the police and protesters on Monday which the opposition called a "Day of Wrath" inspired by youth-generated protests in both Tunisia and Egypt which forced their presidents to quit.
Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy`s 5th Fleet, has been witnessing a mounting rise by tech-savvy young men via social network sites, such as Facebook, for staging protest to demand political and economic reforms.
Bahrain has embarked on a host of measures such as higher social spending and on Friday the Bahraini King handed out each Bahraini family a cash of 1,000 dinars (2,700 U.S. dollars).(*)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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