Bahrain Arrests Four over Police Checkpoint Attack

Bahraini security forces have arrested four people suspected of attacking a police checkpoint with petrol bombs south of Manama at the weekend, the interior ministry said.

"Four of the terrorists who attacked police checkpoint on Sunday evening with petrol bombs have been arrested," the ministry said late Monday.

It said the attack took place in the district of Jari al-Sheikh, south of the capital, adding the identity of others suspected of being involved was being probed.

A total of 80 people have been killed in Bahrain since protests erupted in 2011, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

Strategically located just across the Gulf from Iran, Bahrain is home base to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet and is also a major offshore financial and services center for its Arab neighbors in the oil-rich Gulf.