One killed in Bahrain explosion, second ‘terrorist’ attack in two days
Blast near Manama kills Bahraini, wounds expatriate a day after a policeman was killed in a claimed terrorist attack
A bomb blast on Tuesday killed one person in a Shiite village in western Bahrain, according to the authorities, who have faced years of simmering unrest since crushing pro-democracy protests in 2011.
The explosion in Karzakan killed a Bahraini and slightly wounded an Asian national, the interior ministry said, describing it as a “terrorist” attack.
Late on Monday a policeman was killed in a separate attack in a nearby Shiite village, the authorities said.
The attack occurred on Monday night in Damistan, southwest of Manama, while the officer was “doing his duty”, the intertior ministry said, adding that an investigation was under way.
Security forces set up a cordon around Damistan and tightened checks on the road leading to the village, residents said.
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid al-Khalifa blamed Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah for the attack.