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1996 Sitra attack

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1996 Sitra attack
LocationSitra, Bahrain
Date14 March 1996
Attack type
Firebombing
Deaths7
Injuredunknown
PerpetratorsDemocratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

On 14 March 1996, a group of five armed terrorists threw Molotov cocktails into a restaurant in Sitra, Bahrain after pouring petrol there, killing seven Bangladeshi workers and destroying the restaurant while standing near the entrance and preventing people from escaping the fire.[1][2]

Aftermath

Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa visited the scene after the attack. The Prime Minister ordered the victims' bodies to be repatriated to the Indian subcontinent as soon as possible and their families to be compensated.[1] Seven people were arrested for the attack after several hundred people had been detained.[3]

The attack was by far the most violent incident in Bahrain's modern history, which had recently been characterized by tension between the ruling Sunni Muslim family and Shiite Muslims, who form the majority of the population. In December 1994 demonstrations had degenerated into riots which targeted foreigners, particularly Pakistanis due to the large number of Pakistanis in Bahrain's security forces.[1] Following a string of terror attacks in 1996, the Bahraini government later claimed that Iran was behind the terror campaign.[4] In July, the State Security Court sentenced three Bahrainis to death for the attack.[5]

The attack has been attributed to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) by academic Barry Rubin[2] and the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bahraini restaurant attacked, 7 killed". United Press International. 14 March 1996.
  2. ^ a b Rubin, Barry; Rubin, Judith Colp (2015). Chronologies of Modern Terrorism. Routledge. p. 211. ISBN 9781317474654.
  3. ^ "Bahrain arrests 7 in restaurant arson". United Press International. 16 March 1996.
  4. ^ "Bahrain Sheraton targeted by arsonists". United Press International. 7 April 1996.
  5. ^ "Routine Abuse, Routine Denial: Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain". Human Rights Watch. 1 January 2006.
  6. ^ "Iraq Report: April 26, 2002". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Vol. 5, no. 11. 26 April 2002.
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