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small explosion took place in a bus parked near the British embassy in
the Bahraini capital on Sunday, without causing casualties, the interior
ministry said in the Gulf state swept by unrest earlier this year.
"A blast from the front part of a bus parked near the British embassy
in Ras Rumman," the diplomatic district of Manama, the ministry
tweeted.
Five other cars parked in the area were also damaged but there were
no casualties, a ministry spokesman later said in a statement.
"Security services are present in the area to take the needed legal measures," he said.
"From looking at the site of the explosion, the closest target is the
British embassy," said the spokesman. The "minibus was parked in a
parking area... approximately 50 metres (yards) away from the British
embassy."
"I can confirm that there was an explosion" in a vehicle, Al-Taher
al-Jamal, a press officer at the embassy had told AFP earlier. But he
could not say if the mission had been targeted.
"The ministry of interior immediately secured and reinforced the
headquarters of embassies in the kingdom of Bahrain," said the interior
ministry spokesman.
The British embassy in Tehran was ransacked last Tuesday by a
pro-regime mob after London slapped new sanctions on Iran over its
controversial nuclear programme.
Sunni-ruled Bahrain was rocked by Shiite-led pro-democracy protests
between mid-February and mid-March. It accuses Shiite-dominated Iran of
backing unrest in the kingdom, a charge denied by Tehran and the
opposition.
On Friday, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that former British
police boss John Yates and US ex-cop John Timoney will oversee reforms
to Bahrain's security force after a report found it guilty of human
rights abuses.
A special independent commission probing Bahrain's crackdown on
protests in February-March said on November 23 that police had used
"excessive force" and tortured detainees, prompting King Hamad to vow
reforms.
The king commissioned the report to investigate allegations of
government misconduct and human rights abuses against protesters,
democracy activists and opposition figures.
The death toll from Bahrain's uprising reached 35, including five
security personnel, the report found. Five detainees were tortured to
death while in custody and hundreds were also injured.
Enlarge PhotoBahraini security forces stand guard near Pearl Square in Manama. A small explosion …
A
small explosion took place in a bus parked near the British embassy in
the Bahraini capital on Sunday, without causing casualties, the interior
ministry said in the Gulf state swept by unrest earlier this year.
"A blast from the front part of a bus parked near the British embassy
in Ras Rumman," the diplomatic district of Manama, the ministry
tweeted.
Five other cars parked in the area were also damaged but there were
no casualties, a ministry spokesman later said in a statement.
"Security services are present in the area to take the needed legal measures," he said.
"From looking at the site of the explosion, the closest target is the
British embassy," said the spokesman. The "minibus was parked in a
parking area... approximately 50 metres (yards) away from the British
embassy."
"I can confirm that there was an explosion" in a vehicle, Al-Taher
al-Jamal, a press officer at the embassy had told AFP earlier. But he
could not say if the mission had been targeted.
"The ministry of interior immediately secured and reinforced the
headquarters of embassies in the kingdom of Bahrain," said the interior
ministry spokesman.
The British embassy in Tehran was ransacked last Tuesday by a
pro-regime mob after London slapped new sanctions on Iran over its
controversial nuclear programme.
Sunni-ruled Bahrain was rocked by Shiite-led pro-democracy protests
between mid-February and mid-March. It accuses Shiite-dominated Iran of
backing unrest in the kingdom, a charge denied by Tehran and the
opposition.
On Friday, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that former British
police boss John Yates and US ex-cop John Timoney will oversee reforms
to Bahrain's security force after a report found it guilty of human
rights abuses.
A special independent commission probing Bahrain's crackdown on
protests in February-March said on November 23 that police had used
"excessive force" and tortured detainees, prompting King Hamad to vow
reforms.
The king commissioned the report to investigate allegations of
government misconduct and human rights abuses against protesters,
democracy activists and opposition figures.
The death toll from Bahrain's uprising reached 35, including five
security personnel, the report found. Five detainees were tortured to
death while in custody and hundreds were also injured.