Blast outside Bahrain mosque

Blast outside Bahrain mosque Our Correspondent / 19 July 2013 A car bomb exploded on Wednesday in the parking area of a mosque in Riffa Town, south of Manama, but caused no casualties. The town is not among the disturbed areas. Bahrain police banned two protests scheduled for Friday as the first announced measure to implement the directive of the King to security authorities to take all the necessary steps to enforce the law. The order of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa was issued short after the blast on Wednesday. King Hamad issued the statement, condemning the attack and ordering security forces to enforce the law against instigators of these terrorist acts and accomplices who committed or assisted in such acts. “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,” King Hamad said. According to the Interior Ministry the bomb was made of gas cylinder. The same method was followed to arson a building of a company in the early hours of Wednesday that damaged the offices. The ministry through its twitter account highlighted that the two protests scheduled for Friday are banned and violators will face legal actions. shamada@khaleejtimes.com Taylor Scott International