Shiite Village

A petrol bomb attack in a Shiite village in Bahrain on Saturday killed a policeman and gravely wounded two more, the Gulf state's interior ministry said.

A man was killed trying to plant a bomb targeting police in a Shiite village near the Bahraini capital, the interior ministry said today.

A bomb blast in a Shiite village in Bahrain, the scene of simmering unrest since anti-government protests were crushed in 2011, has left three policemen slightly wounded, officials said.

Islamic State fighters executed 12 Shi'ite militiamen north of Baghdad after heavy fighting for control of a rural village, security sources said on Sunday.

A police officer died in a "terrorist" blast in a Shiite-populated village in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, an interior ministry official announced today.

Sunni Muslim militants attacked a northern Iraqi village inhabited by Shi'ite ethnic Turkmens but were repelled, police said on Tuesday, highlighting an upsurge of sectarian violence after stunning advances by jihadi fighters.

Two children, aged 10 and 11, were wounded while planting a roadside bomb in a Shiite village in Bahrain where a blast killed three policemen this week, police said on Thursday.

Suicide bombers attacked Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and a primary school and police station in a Shiite village in north Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, officials said.

Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of Shiites, mostly pro-government fighters, activists said on Wednesday. A Syrian government official denounced the attack, saying it was a "massacre" of civilians.

A car bomb exploded on Saturday in a neighborhood in Syria's central city of Homs largely populated by the Shiite offshoot sect that dominates the regime, while government troops pressed an offensive against fleeing rebels in nearby villages, state TV and activists said.

Hundreds took to the streets in several Shiite villages, prompting late-night clashes with police, but away from the Sakhir racing circuit south of Manama where Sunday's Grand Prix race will be staged, witnesses said.

Bahrainis wielding knives and sticks attacked Shiite villagers overnight, witnesses said on Wednesday, as pressure grew for this month's Formula One race in the Sunni-ruled state to be cancelled over the unrest.

A petrol bomb attack in a Shiite village in Bahrain on Saturday killed a policeman and gravely wounded two more, the Gulf state's interior ministry said.

A man was killed trying to plant a bomb targeting police in a Shiite village near the Bahraini capital, the interior ministry said today.

A bomb blast in a Shiite village in Bahrain, the scene of simmering unrest since anti-government protests were crushed in 2011, has left three policemen slightly wounded, officials said.

Islamic State fighters executed 12 Shi'ite militiamen north of Baghdad after heavy fighting for control of a rural village, security sources said on Sunday.

A police officer died in a "terrorist" blast in a Shiite-populated village in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, an interior ministry official announced today.

Sunni Muslim militants attacked a northern Iraqi village inhabited by Shi'ite ethnic Turkmens but were repelled, police said on Tuesday, highlighting an upsurge of sectarian violence after stunning advances by jihadi fighters.

Two children, aged 10 and 11, were wounded while planting a roadside bomb in a Shiite village in Bahrain where a blast killed three policemen this week, police said on Thursday.

Suicide bombers attacked Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and a primary school and police station in a Shiite village in north Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, officials said.

Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of Shiites, mostly pro-government fighters, activists said on Wednesday. A Syrian government official denounced the attack, saying it was a "massacre" of civilians.

A car bomb exploded on Saturday in a neighborhood in Syria's central city of Homs largely populated by the Shiite offshoot sect that dominates the regime, while government troops pressed an offensive against fleeing rebels in nearby villages, state TV and activists said.

Hundreds took to the streets in several Shiite villages, prompting late-night clashes with police, but away from the Sakhir racing circuit south of Manama where Sunday's Grand Prix race will be staged, witnesses said.

Bahrainis wielding knives and sticks attacked Shiite villagers overnight, witnesses said on Wednesday, as pressure grew for this month's Formula One race in the Sunni-ruled state to be cancelled over the unrest.