2015 Sitra bombing | |
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Part of Insurgency in Bahrain | |
Location | Sitra, Bahrain |
Date | 28 July 2015 |
Target | Bahraini Police |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Pipe bomb |
Deaths | 2 |
Injured | 6 |
Perpetrator | Waad Allah Brigades |
On 28 July 2015, a bomb attack occurred outside a girls school in Sitra, Bahrain. Two policeman were killed, one was seriously injured, and five others had some minor injuries. [1]
A blast hit policemen on patrol, killing two and injuring another six. According to Bahraini media, the explosives used for the bomb resembled seized explosives smuggled from Iran. [2] Iran denied any interference in Bahrain [1] and called for a united Middle Eastern front to fight all sorts of militants. [3]
Saraya al-Mukhtar claimed Waad Allah Brigades was behind the attack and congratulated them in a twitter post. [4]
The Ministry of Interior called the bombing a "terrorist attack" and claimed that they have arrested the perpetrators and suspects behind this bombing. [5]
2015 Sitra bombing | |
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Part of Insurgency in Bahrain | |
Location | Sitra, Bahrain |
Date | 28 July 2015 |
Target | Bahraini Police |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Pipe bomb |
Deaths | 2 |
Injured | 6 |
Perpetrator | Waad Allah Brigades |
On 28 July 2015, a bomb attack occurred outside a girls school in Sitra, Bahrain. Two policeman were killed, one was seriously injured, and five others had some minor injuries. [1]
A blast hit policemen on patrol, killing two and injuring another six. According to Bahraini media, the explosives used for the bomb resembled seized explosives smuggled from Iran. [2] Iran denied any interference in Bahrain [1] and called for a united Middle Eastern front to fight all sorts of militants. [3]
Saraya al-Mukhtar claimed Waad Allah Brigades was behind the attack and congratulated them in a twitter post. [4]
The Ministry of Interior called the bombing a "terrorist attack" and claimed that they have arrested the perpetrators and suspects behind this bombing. [5]