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Bahrain village blast kills policeman: Interior Ministry

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Bahrain village blast kills policeman: Interior Ministry

File photos of a crime scene where a police officer was killed in the village of Damistan in 2014.

"One policeman killed in the terrorist blast in Karana village," it said on its Twitter account, giving no further details.

Published: Fri 28 Aug 2015, 11:55 PM

Updated: Sat 29 Aug 2015, 10:54 AM

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A "terrorist blast" in a village in Bahrain killed a policeman on Friday, the country's interior ministry said.
"One policeman killed in the terrorist blast in Karana village," it said on its Twitter account, giving no further details.
Bahrain, home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, was swept by unrest during the 2011 "Arab Spring" uprisings.
Since then there have been sporadic protests and a growing number of bomb attacks.



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