A bomb blast Tuesday killed one person in a Shiite village in western Bahrain, according to the authorities, who have faced years of simmering unrest since crushing pro-democracy protests in 2011.

The explosion in Karzakan killed a Bahraini and slightly wounded an Asian national, the interior ministry said, describing it as a “terrorist” attack.

Late on Monday a policeman was killed in a separate attack in a nearby Shiite village, the authorities said.

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