9 Feb 2017
would be announced later.
Bahrain says foils attempt
by suspects in jail break
to flee to Iran
Bahrain said on Thursday
it had foiled an attempt by
terrorist fugitives wanted
in connection with a
January prison break to flee
by sea to Iran.
Security forces foiled the
trafficking attempt in a
dawn operation, a statement
published on the interior
ministrys Twitter account
said.
Preliminary joint
investigation indicates the
fugitive boat was heading
to Iran, the message said,
adding further details
Bahrain forces kill 3
fugitives, arrest 7 trying
to flee
Bahraini authorities said on
Thursday that they killed
three people and arrested
seven others during an
operation to apprehend
fugitives tied to a recent
prison break who were
attempting to flee the
country by boat at dawn.
The Interior Ministry said
the boat was headed toward
Iranian waters, and that
those arrested confirmed
they were supposed to meet
contacts there.
Those killed died in an
The ministry said in
January that one policeman
was killed when armed
men attacked Jau prison
in Bahrain, freeing
several convicted inmates,
describing the incident as a
terrorist act.
Bahraini forces recaptured
Thousands of mainly Shiite
Muslim Bahrainis are in
jail on charges ranging
from participating in anti-
government protests to
armed attacks on security interior ministry said.
forces in the Western-allied
Gulf kingdom, where the
U.S. Fifth Fleet is based.
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exchange of fire with
the coast guard, and a
Kalashnikov-style rifle
was found in the boat, the
ministry said.
Police have said that 10
inmates escaped when
gunmen armed with
automatic rifles and pistols
stormed Jaw prison on
New Years Day. One police
officer was reported killed
and another wounded in
the jailbreak.
The ministry said two
other people were arrested
Thursday in connection to
the police killing.
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smuggle terrorist fugitives
Bahrain recaptures
fugitives trying to flee by
boat
majority population against
several prisoners who
were sprung from jail in a
spectacular January 1 prison
break as they attempted to
flee by boat Thursday, the
minister was crushed with
On New Years Day, four
gunmen stormed the
notorious Jaw prison, south
of the capital Manama,
killing a policeman and
freeing 10 inmates convicted
of terrorism offences.
Security forces foiled at
dawn today an attempt to
Bahrain says kills three
fugitives in gunbattle at
sea
Bahrain said on Thursday
its forces had killed three
men and captured seven
during a gun battle at sea
as they tried to flee to Iran,
linking most of the men to
a deadly prison break last
month.
Black clad commandos in
masks traded gunfire with
the men as they sped away
from the island kingdom
on a small boat, according
to footage broadcast at a
police press conference.
Two men were wounded
among the seven suspects
and the Jaw prison
escapees, the ministry said.
It said the fugitives had
intended to board a boat
that was headed to Iran.
Bahrain has been wracked
by unrest pitting its Shiite-
its Sunni Muslim rulers.
A 2011 uprising seeking a
constitutional monarchy
and an elected prime
deadly force.
The Shiite opposition has
since been banned and
many of its leaders given
long jail terms, several
of them on terrorism
charges.
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captured, who police chief
Tariq al-Hassan said were
involved in an array of
militant activities including
bomb-making and killing
policemen.
Security forces spotted the
boat leaving a Bahraini
port but it did not comply
with police orders to stop,
Hassan said.
The target began to
shoot heavily, to which we
responded directly and took
control of the boat, Hassan
told reporters.
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