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A Bahraini protester found dead on a rooftop after police attacked peaceful protesters during the Formula One Grand Prix at the weekend was martyred by birdshot rounds and his body bore several bruises, his brother said on Monday.
Salah Abbas Habib, 36, was buried on Monday after a funeral attended by more than 15,000 people, witness said. After the ceremony, Police fired teargas and sound grenades to the mourners in al-Bilad al-Qadeem in the capital Manama.
His brother told before the funeral that a coroner's report had concluded that Habib died of birdshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.
"We just got the body back. He had birdshot wounds in his chest and abdomen," Hussein Abbas Habib said by telephone from Manama, adding that the body also had bad bruises on the hands, back and legs.
