Bahrain arrests bombing suspects and blames Hezbollah

DUBAI – Bahrain said it had arrested four suspects on Tuesday in the bombings that killed two people in the capital Manama and
accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of being behind the attacks.

 
Public Security Chief Major-General Tariq Al Hassan said in a statement published by the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA) the suspects were detained after prosecutors issued arrest warrants and police were hunting for other killers.

 The five home-made bombs on Monday bore the hallmarks of Hezbollah, the Shi’ite group allied with Iran, authorities said.

 
“Their terrorist practices prove that they have been trained outside the kingdom,” BNA said. “The hallmarks of Hezbollah are crystal clear.”

 
The Sunni Muslim-dominated, U.S.-aligned Bahrain government has been struggling since early last year to suppress pro-democracy unrest led mainly by the Gulf Arab kingdom’s majority Shi’ite Muslims.

 
BNA quoted Information Minister Samira Ibrahim bin Rajab as saying the bombings were staged by terrorist groups trained outside Bahrain and based in countries including Lebanon.

 

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