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| Bahrain Arrests 5 Bombing Suspects Allegedly Linked to Iran |
| 2015-08-15 |
[AnNahar] Bahraini authorities have tossed in the clink... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... five suspects, allegedly with links to Iran, in connection with a bombing that killed two coppers last month in the Gulf kingdom, the interior ministry said Thursday. "Five individuals suspected of orchestrating a deadly kaboom 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 Lebanese movement Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... The suspects were linked to other "terrorist incidents in Bahrain in recent years," he said in the statement. The July 28 bombing killed two Bahraini coppers and maimed six others on Sitra island outside the capital Manama, an area often shaken by festivities between security forces and Shiite protesters. The blast came just days after Bahraini authorities announced they had foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Iran. Hasan said that forensic tests showed that explosives used in the Sitra bombing were similar to substances seized in the smuggling attempt. The suspects include a 24-year-old identified as Mohammed al-Tooq, who allegedly planted and detonated the bomb, the ministry said. He "is known to have spent time in Iran following his role in a deadly terrorist attack in 2013 which killed a policeman," it said. He was also accused of having trained at a Hizbullah camp. "This is yet another disturbing incident in which Iranian actions are attempting to undermine Bahrain's security and stability," Hasan said. The tiny but strategic U.S. ally has seen frequent unrest since a Shiite-led uprising erupted four years ago demanding a constitutional monarchy. Sunni-ruled Bahrain frequently accuses Tehran of backing the unrest. |
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