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Two Bahraini police officers have been killed and a third severely wounded in a bomb attack in the mainly Shia village of Sitra, south of the capital, Manama, the interior ministry has said. Two Bahraini police officers have been killed in a bomb attack in the mainly Shia village of Sitra, south of the capital, Manama, the interior ministry said, days after the government said it had disrupted an arms-smuggling plot linked to Iran.
“A terrorist bombing targeted policemen on duty in the Sitra area, resulting in the deaths of two of them and seriously wounding a third,” the ministry said on Twitter. “A terrorist bombing targeted policemen on duty in the Sitra area, resulting in the deaths of two of them and seriously wounding a third,” the ministry said on its Twitter account.
It added that five more policemen had received light to moderate injuries and were being treated in hospital.
On Saturday, the government said it had foiled an arms and explosives smuggling plot by two Bahrainis with ties to Iran, and recalled its ambassador to Tehran.
The Sunni-ruled kingdom often accuses Iran of stirring up unrest among its Shia majority. Iran denies interfering in Bahrain, but it openly supports opposition groups seeking greater rights for Shias.
In 2011, there was a wave of demonstrations in Bahrain demanding greater democracy and more rights for for Shias, many of whom say they are subject to political and economic discrimination.