A Bahraini forensic police officer inspects the site of a bomb blast in Sitra, south of Manama, on July 28. AFP Photo
A Bahraini forensic police officer inspects the site of a bomb blast in Sitra, south of Manama, on July 28. AFP Photo
A Bahraini forensic police officer inspects the site of a bomb blast in Sitra, south of Manama, on July 28. AFP Photo
A Bahraini forensic police officer inspects the site of a bomb blast in Sitra, south of Manama, on July 28. AFP Photo

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Five arrested in connection to Bahrain bombing

The July 28 bombing targeted a bus carrying policemen in the Sitra area south of Manama.

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MANAMA // Bahrain’s chief of police says five suspects with links to Iran have been arrested in connection with a bombing last month that killed two police and wounded six others.

Maj Gen Tariq Al Hassan says investigators have connected the suspects to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, as well as the Iranian-armed and funded Hizbollah.

The statement by Bahrain’s interior ministry was carried by the state-run news agency on Thursday. The July 28 bombing targeted a bus carrying policemen near a primary school south of the capital in an area called Sitra.

Bahrain has faced years of clashes between anti-government activists and police following widespread 2011 protests.

* Associated Press

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