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| US sailors shot dead in Bahrain | US sailors shot dead in Bahrain |
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| Two US sailors have been shot dead and a third critically wounded at a navy base in the Gulf state of Bahrain, the US Navy has said. | Two US sailors have been shot dead and a third critically wounded at a navy base in the Gulf state of Bahrain, the US Navy has said. |
| The shootings took place at 0500 local time (0200 GMT) and were under investigation, the statement added. | The shootings took place at 0500 local time (0200 GMT) and were under investigation, the statement added. |
| Sources told the BBC the incident was a "domestic situation" involving female sailors and not terror-related. There was no intrusion at the base. | |
| No explanation was given for the deaths and the sailors have not been named. | No explanation was given for the deaths and the sailors have not been named. |
| The shooting took place at a barracks at US Naval Support Activity. | The shooting took place at a barracks at US Naval Support Activity. |
| The base, which is home to around 3,000 US personnel - not including crews of visiting ships - was closed for about an hour following the incident. | The base, which is home to around 3,000 US personnel - not including crews of visiting ships - was closed for about an hour following the incident. |
| Bahrain is a close US ally and home to the navy's Fifth Fleet, which operates over an area of 7.5m square miles (19.4m sq km) in and around the Gulf. | |
| The tiny Gulf state, which consists of about 30 small islands, has been designated by Washington as a major non-Nato ally. |