‘Terrorist blast’ rocks a Bahrain island

Married couple hurt in explosion on island of Sitra near Manama, says interior ministry tweet

A married couple have been injured by a bomb blast on the island of Sitra in Bahrain.

The Bahrain Ministry of Interior described the incident as a ‘terrorist blast’ on Twitter.

The couple were passing by when the explosion happened. Police are at the scene.

“Terrorist blast in Sitra minorly [sic] injures a married couple passing the site. Police at the scene,” the interior ministry tweet said.

Sirta is 5km south of Bahraini capital Manama.

[Ministry of Interior
✔@moi_bahrain
Terrorist blast in Sitra minorly injures a married couple passing the site. Police at the scene]

Anti-government protests

Large-scale anti-government protests erupted on February 14, 2011. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets then, with many occupying a prominent roundabout known as Pearl Square.

Images posted on social media Tuesday showed masked protesters hurling rocks and other projectiles at riot police, who responded with tear gas. Protesters elsewhere were seen marching peacefully through rain-soaked streets carrying the national flag.