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l No injuries after Hamad Town and Nuwaidrat alerts
n A screen shot from the video footage of Nuwaidrat blast and, right, the cylinder used for the blast
Police probing two
‘blasts’
TWO explosions
rocked Bahrain
yesterday morning,
alarming
residents of two
areas.
The first blast
took place at
the entrance of
Nuwaidrat when
police were
patrolling the area
at around 3am, while the second happened
near Hamad Town’s roundabout 21 at around
By ANiqA HAiDer
5am.
cleared the area after checking it.
An investigation has been launched.
“Clashes (with rioters) started following the
Well-placed sources said masked youths blast and continued for two hours.
placed two cylinders, wrapped in a plastic “Masked youth hurled Molotov cocktails
bag, inside a cardboard box at the entrance of and iron rods at the policemen, who fired tear
Nuwaidrat.
gas to control them.”
No injuries were reported when the explo- The blast in Hamad Town was believed
sion happened.
to have been caused by an explosive device,
They said the blast was a direct attack on which damaged public and private property.
policemen who were patrolling the area. “The blast took place at around 5am,” said
Video footage of the incident that was the sources.
released later shows a group of thugs carrying “The operations room received a call from
the box and cylinders, and placing it on the an anonymous caller after the blast.
pavement near the entrance.
“The explosive was suspected to be of high
“Police were patrolling the area as usual density, as it caused major damage to the road
when they saw flames from a box,” added the and public property.
sources.
“The road heading to and from Hamad Town
“Five jeeps were called to the scene, but was closed for four hours and a team was
were asked not to go near the burning box. deployed to secure the area.”
“The bomb squad and CID arrived and
aneeqa@gdn.com.bh
Dispute over letterheads
A DEBATE about official council letterheads
led to a heated discussion between councillors
and municipality officials yesterday.
Councillors requested they include the crest of
Bahrain, Muharraq Municipal Council official
logo as well as the name of the councillor sending
the letter.
But municipality officials said it would contravene
council laws.
“We have the right to request letters the way
we would like them to represent this council,”
said councillor Ghazi Al Murbati during the
council’s bi-weekly meeting in its Muharraq
headquarters.
“It is the least of our rights and it should not
be taken lightly.”
Municipality human resources department
representative Ahmed Janahi tried to explain
the situation, but was cut off when councillors
refused to agree to the terms.
“If this is the situation then what is the point of
us carrying official cards with our names and the
Muharraq Municipal Council logo on it,” said
councillor Mohammed Al Mutawa.
“Northern Municipal councillors have done
this and did not face such complications or were
stopped by laws.”
Council chairman Abdulnasser Al Mahmeed
urged councillors to forward the issue to
Municipalities and Urban Planning Affairs
Minister Dr Juma Al Ka’abi for a final decision,
which was unanimously approved.