Woman killed in Bahrain as Gulf states intercept more Iranian missiles
Al Jazeera
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One person has been killed in an Iranian attack in Bahrain, as regional countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates intercept drones and missiles from Iran.
A 29-year-old woman was killed and eight people injured when a residential building in Bahrain’s capital Manama was hit, the country’s Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.
The attack came after Bahrain’s Ministry of Health reported on Monday that two people, including several children, were wounded in an Iranian drone attack on the island of Sitra, south of Manama. Bahrain said late on Monday that its air defences had intercepted and destroyed 102 missiles and 173 drones launched as “Iranian aggression” on the kingdom.
In a statement, the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force described the attack as a “sinful Iranian aggression”.
Separately on Tuesday morning, incoming missile sirens sounded in Dubai, in the UAE.
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