Bahrain says it foiled planned attack, confiscated Iranian weapons and explosives


  • World
  • Monday, 22 Nov 2021

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain security forces arrested a number of suspected militants ahead of a planned attack and confiscated weapons and explosives that had come from Iran, the interior ministry said on its official Twitter on Monday.

The ministry did not say how many people were arrested or specify their nationalities. It described them as "linked with terrorist groups in Iran" and said they were "plotting terrorist operations against security and civil peace".

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