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Deadly bomb blast kills 2 in al-Maqshaa

Shi'ite areas of Bahrain witnessing clashes with police over political reforms

Deadly bomb blast kills 2 in Shi’ite al-Maqshaa

Two people were killed in a car that blew up in the mainly Shi’ite village of al-Maqshaa in Bahrain on Saturday.

The interior ministry said that a homemade bomb had detonated inside the vehicle.

In a separate incident, a bomb wounded three civil defence officials as they were putting out burning tyres near the entrance to a village outside the capital Manama.

Bahrain has been hit by several bombings in recent weeks as the kingdom faces simmering unrest among its Shi’ite Muslim majority, which rebelled unsuccessfully in 2011.

The interior ministry said: “Police responded to the scene where they found a gutted car containing two dead bodies.”

A third person was wounded and is being treated in hospital for second-degree burns.

Bahrain’s Shi’ites want political reforms and an end to discrimination against them.

Many Shi’ite areas are still witnessing clashes with police.

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