DUBAI: Assailants attacked the home of a Bahraini member of parliament with petrol bombs yesterday, the state news agency BNA said, the latest in a series of assaults on public officials and security personnel in the kingdom.
No one was hurt in the dawn attack on the home of Abbas Isa Al Madi, chairman of parliament’s Services Committee. Pictures published by BNA showed fire damage to the main gate and a garage door.
The island, home of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has been buffeted by political turmoil since 2011, when mostly Shia protesters took to the streets calling for democratic reforms and more say in government.
Although authorities have largely crushed the revolt, small-scale clashes and protests erupt almost daily in the kingdom, located between top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and Washington’s main regional enemy, Iran.
REUTERS
