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Bahrain’s security authorities have confirmed the existence of a major terrorist plot before the judiciary, but it is not new, according to some media, on Sunday.
The Bahrain Ministry of the Interior said, in an explanation on the Bahrain Police website, that the case “dates back to early 2020 and is currently being examined before the competent court.”
Saudi and Bahraini media reported that Manama foiled a “terrorist attack” supported by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the Reuters news agency also reported.
According to media reports, investigations by the Interior Ministry showed that a new terrorist group called the “Qassem Soleimani Brigade” planned to attack many public and security structures in Bahrain.
Local newspaper “Akhbar Al-Khaleej” said the group also tracked down several bodyguards searching for “important figures” in Bahrain, as part of a plot to assassinate them, referring to 18 defendants, nine of whom are now in Iran. .
The attacks were planned to avenge the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in January in a US raid near Baghdad’s international airport, according to reports quoting Bahraini security forces as saying the planned attacks were foiled, then of the discovery of an explosive device in the Badi ‘area. Directed to a foreign visiting delegation.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry called on the media to “be careful when publishing such sensitive news,” noting that treating these cases “inaccurately and in this way affects their conduct in court.”
In its statement, the Interior Ministry stated that the presentation of the news in this way had created “a state of confusion and confusion at the local and regional level.”
It is noteworthy that the relevant media reports did not specify the alleged date of the attack.
Bahrain, which has a Shiite majority and is ruled by a Shiite minority, recently received public threats of revenge from Iran, after the small Gulf state agreed to normalize relations with Israel, similar to the United Arab Emirates.
