DUBAI: A car bomb exploded outside a Sunni mosque in a Bahrain neighborhood where the royal court is situated but caused no casualties, the Interior Ministry said.
The bomb, made from a gas cylinder, exploded late on Wednesday in the parking area of the Isa bin Salman mosque in the Rifaa neighborhood, the ministry said.
“The terrorist act took place while prayers were held in the mosque,” it said. Witnesses said the blast site was close to the royal court.
King Hamad issued a statement condemning the attack and ordering security forces to hunt the culprits and the “instigators.”
“The people of Bahrain have had enough and have run out of patience over such acts that are strange to the people of Bahrain and their morals,” he said.
Bahrain king flays car bombing near mosque
