2014 Daih bombing
{{Short description|2014 bombing in Bahrain}}
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| title = 2014 Daih bombing
| partof = Insurgency in Bahrain
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| target = Bahraini Police
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| date = 3 March 2014
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| type = Bombing
| fatalities = 3
| injuries = 3
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| perpetrator = Al-Ashtar Brigades
| weapons = Pipe bomb
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{{Campaignbox Insurgency in Bahrain}}
On 3 March 2014, a bombing attack occurred in the Al Daih village of Bahrain. Officers had been dispersing rioters and militants from the village, when a bomb exploded, killing three policemen.{{Cite web |date=2014-03-03 |title=Ministry: Bomb kills three police in Bahrain |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2014/03/03/Ministry-Bomb-kills-three-police-in-Bahrain- |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Al Arabiya English |language=en}} including an Emirati officer.{{citeweb|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=201403030031|title=GTD ID:201403030031|work=Global Terrorism Database|accessdate=2024-03-25}}{{citeweb|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=201403030032|title=GTD ID:201403030032|work=Global Terrorism Database|accessdate=2024-03-25}}
Bombing
Officers were clashing with militants and protesters in a village close to Manama, where witnesses claim to have heard firing tear gas and birdshot to disperse the militants.{{Cite news |date=2014-03-03 |title=Bomb blast kills three Bahrain policemen |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26421744 |access-date=2023-06-22}} Three policemen were suddenly killed by a Improvised explosive device midst clashes.{{Cite news |date=2014-03-04 |title=Bahrain puts groups on terrorism list after bomb kills 3 police |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/bahrain-unrest-idINDEEA230EC20140304 |access-date=2023-06-22}}
Responsibility
The militant group Saraya al-Ashtar claimed responsibility of the attack in an online statement.{{Cite news |date=2014-03-04 |title=Bahrain puts groups on terrorism list after bomb kills 3 police |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/bahrain-unrest-idINDEEA230EC20140304 |access-date=2023-06-22}}
Aftermath
The Bahraini government captured the three militants responsible for this attack, and according to human rights activists, they were likely tortured. On January 15, (Almost threeyears after the bomb attack), the three militants responsible were executed by firing squad.{{Cite news |date=2017-01-15 |title=Bahrain executes three Shia men over 2014 police killing |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38627679 |access-date=2023-06-22}}{{citeweb|url=https://kuwaittimes.com/bahrain-executes-3-convicted-police-bombing/|title=Bahrain executes 3 convicted over police bombing|work=Kuwaitti times|accessdate=2024-03-25}}