'Terrorist blast' rocks Bahrain island

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

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Bahrain Ministry of Interior/Twitter
Bahrain Ministry of Interior/Twitter
Bahrain Ministry of Interior/Twitter

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.

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