Bahrain CID confirms bomb explosion

Manama: The car explosion that killed a Bahraini passenger and critically injured the driver, also a Bahraini, was caused by a home-made bomb, Brigadier Isa Al Musallam, the head of the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID), said. "The bomb was placed next to the dead man before it exploded, resulting in one death and serious burns to the face of the second person," he said. The statement comes amid the wild speculations that engulfed the country following the announcement of the Thursday night explosion in Daih, a small village in the outskirts of Manama, the capital.