Bomb blast rocks outside Manama

A bomb explosion has rocked a main street near the Bahraini capital city of Manama, damaging an unspecified number of cars in the area without causing any injuries.

The Bahraini Interior Ministry, in a statement posted on its official Twitter page on Sunday, announced that the “terrorist bombing” took place on Budaya Street. The statement did not provide further details.

The blast came against the backdrop of intensified protests in the tiny Persian Gulf country over the execution last month of three Shia pro-democracy activists.

On January 15, the Manama regime executed Abbas al-Samea, 27, Sami Mushaima, 42, and Ali al-Singace, 21, by firing squad. The executions came a week after the Court of Cassation upheld death sentences against the trio after finding them guilty of killing three policemen, including an Emirati officer, in the northern village of al-Daih back in March 2014.