(MENAFN- Arab Times) A bomb blast killed two Bahrain policemen and wounded six others Tuesday in an area often shaken by clashes between security forces and Shiite Muslim protesters, the interior ministry said. Bahrain has seen frequent unrest since the minority Sunni rulers of the small Gulf kingdom crushed a Shiite-led uprising four years ago.
The blast in Sitra island outside the capital Manama comes days after the Bahraini authorities announced they had foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Iran. Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable to Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa, expressing his condolences over the victims of the blast.
His Highness the Amir affirmed Kuwait's strong stance with Bahrain against such terrorist attacks, adding that Bahrain has the right to implement all measures to protect its national security. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables to the Bahraini Monarch.
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