MANAMA: A bomb blast in a Shia Muslim village in Bahrain late on Friday injured three policemen, the interior ministry said, in a further sign of anti-government sentiment since the opposition boycotted elections last month.
A 2011 uprising by mainly majority Shias demanding more democracy in the Sunni Muslim-ruled Gulf Arab kingdom, was crushed but sporadic unrest has continued, including bomb attacks.
Friday’s bomb explosion occurred in Bani Jamra, a Shia village northwest of the capital Manama, and was described by the interior ministry as a “terrorist blast” in a statement posted on its Twitter account.
The statement said authorities were taking “necessary steps”, without giving further details.
Earlier this month, a Bahraini citizen was killed and an expatriate resident wounded by a bombing in a village southwest of Manama. REUTERS
