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Bahrain arrests terror suspects over possible attacks

Xinhua, May 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bahrain police said on Wednesday it arrested a group of individuals suspected of plotting and carrying out a series of terrorist attacks.

Some of those arrested were previously convicted in absentia on terrorism charges and, in some cases, received life-time sentence.

" A large quantity of terrorist materials including high explosives was seized from homes in Janusan and Sitra," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Police said the suspects were stockpiling volatile explosives that endangered the lives and property of those living close-by. Endit