“A terrorist bombing targeted policemen on duty in the Sitra area, resulting in the deaths of two of them and seriously wounding a third”, BNA said, citing a tweet from the Interior Ministry.
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Shiite-led protests since 2011 demanding reforms in the Sunni-minority ruled Gulf kingdom have sparked clashes with security forces in which at least 89 people have been killed, human rights groups say.
The Interior Ministry described the bombing as a “terror blast”, and said it took place in the largely Shiite community of Sitra, just south of the capital, Manama. It continues to face low-level unrest more than four years after a Shiite-dominated opposition movement took to the streets to demand greater political rights.
On Saturday the country recalled its ambassador to Iran after the government said it had foiled a plot to smuggle arms and explosives by two Bahrainis who had links to Iran.
Police linked the smuggling attempt to Iran.
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Announcing the arrests, the ministry said the two suspects had admitted receiving the shipment of explosives, automatic weapons and ammunition from Iranian handlers outside Bahrain’s territorial waters.
