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Funerals and injured protesters mark the streets of Bahrain

Thousands turn out on Friday to bury three of those killed in a police raid on protesters in Bahrain’s Pearl Square

Hundreds of people attend the funeral of Mahmud Mekki, 23, who was killed on Thursday during a police raid on anti-regime protesters, in Sitra village east of Manama on February 18 (Getty Images)

Men mourn during the funeral of Mahmud Mekki on February 18 (Getty Images)

Men grieve during the funeral of Mahmud Mekki (Getty Images)

Hundreds of people join the funeral procession of Mahmud Mekki who was killed during a police raid on anti-regime protesters (Getty Images)

A man chant slogans during the funeral of a relative who was killed during a police raid on anti-regime protesters (Getty Images)

People pray over the body of Mahmud Mekki who was killed during a police raid on anti-regime protesters (Getty Images)

A Bahraini demonstrator, wounded as Bahrain’s security forces moved in to clear protesters camped out in a central Manama square, at a hospital in Manama (Getty Images)

Protesters’ tents pitched in Manama’s Pearl Square on February 17 (Getty Images)

Bahraini army tanks take position near Pearl Square in Manama on February 17. Riot police stormed through the square firing rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-regime protesters in a crackdown that left four dead, witnesses and opposition said (Getty Images)

Wounded Bahraini demonstrators at a hospital in Manama after being assaulted by riot police on February 17 (Getty Images)

Police officers remove protesters’ tents in Manama’s Pearl Square on February 17 (Getty Images)

Women weep outside the morgue after at least four people died and hundreds were left injured after police stormed an anti-government protester camp (Getty Images)

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