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Bahrain arrests 5 blast suspects linked to Iran

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Bahrain arrests 5 blast suspects linked to Iran

Manama - Police chief Major General Tariq Al Hasan said the suspects had links with Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Published: Fri 14 Aug 2015, 12:00 AM

Updated: Fri 14 Aug 2015, 3:43 PM

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Bahraini authorities have arrested five suspects, allegedly with links to Iran, in connection with a bombing that killed two policemen last month in the Gulf kingdom, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
"Five individuals suspected of orchestrating a deadly bomb attack in Bahrain have been arrested," said an interior ministry statement published by the official BNA news agency.
Police chief Major General Tariq Al Hasan said the suspects had links with Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
The suspects were linked to other "terrorist incidents in Bahrain in recent years," he said in the statement. - AFP
 



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