1996 Sitra attack

1996 terrorist attack 1996 Sitra attack Sitra, Bahrain 14 March 1996 Firebombing 7 unknown Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (alleged) On 14 March 1996, a group of five armed terrorists threw Molotov cocktails into a restaurant in Sitra, Bahrain after pouring petrol there, killing seven Bangladeshi workers and destroying the restaurant while standing near the entrance and preventing people from escaping the fire.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/14/Bahraini-restaurant-attacked-7-killed/5501826779600/ Bahraini restaurant attacked, 7 killed Thomas Hussain United Press International 14 March 1996 https://archive.today/20250111014147/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/14/Bahraini-restaurant-attacked-7-killed/5501826779600/ 11 January 2025 livehttps://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 Chronologies of Modern Terrorism 211 Barry Rubin Judith Colp Rubin Routledge 2015 9781317474654 Aftermath Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa visited the scene after the attack. The Prime Minister ordered the victims' bodies to be repatriated to the Indian subcontinent as soon as possible and their families to be compensated. Seven people were arrested for the attack after several hundred people had been detained.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/16/Bahrain-arrests-7-in-restaurant-arson/2373826952400/ Bahrain arrests 7 in restaurant arson 16 March 1996 Thomas Hussain United Press International https://archive.today/20250111014203/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/16/Bahrain-arrests-7-in-restaurant-arson/2373826952400/ 11 January 2025 live The attack was by far the most violent incident in Bahrain's modern history, which had recently been characterized by tension between the ruling Sunni Muslim family and Shiite Muslims, who form the majority of the population. In December 1994 demonstrations had degenerated into riots which targeted foreigners, particularly Pakistanis due to the large number of Pakistanis in Bahrain's security forces. Following a string of terror attacks in 1996, the Bahraini government later claimed that Iran was behind the terror campaign.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/04/07/Bahrain-Sheraton-targeted-by-arsonists/1717828853200/ Bahrain Sheraton targeted by arsonists 7 April 1996 Thomas Hussain United Press International https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250111024628/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/04/07/Bahrain-Sheraton-targeted-by-arsonists/1717828853200/ 11 January 2025 live In July, the State Security Court sentenced three Bahrainis to death for the attack.http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/45cafc9e2.html Routine Abuse, Routine Denial: Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain Human Rights Watch 1 January 2006 https://archive.today/20250111015029/https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/hrw/2006/en/64148 11 January 2025 live The attack has been attributed to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) by academic Barry Rubin and the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism.https://www.rferl.org/a/1343162.html Iraq Report: April 26, 2002 5 11 26 April 2002 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty https://archive.today/20250111014310/https://www.rferl.org/a/1343162.html 11 January 2025 live References Category:1996 in Bahrain Category:Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacks Category:March 1996 in Asia Category:Terrorism in Bahrain Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1996