Shiite cleric Sayed Abdullah al-Ghuraifi, confirmed that no one seeks harm to Bahrain, stressing that "anything that leads the country towards more tension, worry, fear, and lack of security and stability" is not acceptable.

A U.N. human rights chief on Friday urged an investigation into a Bahraini security raid which killed five people last month and expressed concern at what he called a crackdown on dissent in the Gulf island kingdom.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday called on the Government of Bahrain to promptly launch an independent, effective investigation into the deaths of five protesters during a security operation last week

Throughout history, blood has not always been able to defeat the sword. The sword has repeatedly reinforced the rule of tyrants keeping them on their thrones. The blood of victims; however, continued to terrorize the swordsmen.

Families of five Bahrainis killed during a security raid last week accused authorities of depriving them from bidding farewell to their loved ones after authorities buried the bodies without their permission.

Shiite religious authority Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi issued a statement condemning the attack launched by the rulers of Bahrain on the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that burying the bodies of those killed in the raid on the Diraz sit-in contrary to adopted customs is a flagrant violation of the Constitution, the National Action Charter and established norms in the country.

Two days after burying the bodies of the five martyrs who were killed in the Diraz attack, the Bahraini Interior Ministry admitted to burying the martyrs without handing over their bodies to their families.

Clerics in Bahrain called for participating in marches to voice support for families’ right to receive the bodies of martyrs.

American political analyst Simon Henderson said in an article that the Diraz events on May 23, 2017, could have dangerous consequences for both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Information reported that the security forces buried on Friday (May 26, 2017) the 5 Diraz martyrs, after their families refused to bury them in the cemeteries decided by the Ministry of Interior.

A cleric named Mulla Sadiq Mohammad Ghuloom admitted to praying on the bodies of martyrs even without the permission of their parents and families.

The Friday preacher in Tehran Ayatollah Sayed Ahmad Khatami, said that the attack on protesters in Diraz, the killing and arrest of dozens is a “brutality”, adding that “never has any government treated its people with such brutality.”

The mother of martyrs Mostafa and Mohammad Hamdan said she is ready to sacrifice her third child, Ammar, in defense of religion.

Bahrain scholars said that “the brutal massacre committed by this bloody regime with American-regional complicity and international silence, only increased our strength, firmness and readiness to all possibilities

Al-Hayat Saudi Newspaper said that the Ministry of Culture and Media in the Kingdom blocked many Qatari media website for displaying incitement against Bahrain.

The Kuwaiti Progressive Movement and the Kuwaiti Democratic Platform said that they “following with great concern and regret the events witnessed in the village of Diraz, in the sister Kingdom of Bahrain.

The family of martyr Mohammad Abdul Nabi al-Akri confirmed his martyrdom in the attack launched by regime forces Tuesday (May 23, 2017) against protesters outside the house of Sheikh Isa Qassim in Diraz.

Associated Press: Hundreds of Iranian worshippers have rallied in Tehran to denounce a Bahrain police raid on the hometown of a prominent Shiite cleric this week that left five of his supporters dead and 286 arrested.

Families of Diraz martyrs said that they refuse to yield to any request by the Bahraini security authorities to bury their sons in the Hura cemetery.