Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): While the "revenge" vehicles still patrol the streets of Sitra after the Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced that a bomb blast took place there on July 28, 2015, the ministry did not present any evidence regarding the incident that left two policemen dead and 6 others injured including one serious injury.

The Ministry of Interior only posted some photos of the bus that was targeted by the bomb and other photos of the school's fence that was near the targeted bus. However, the photos did not support the official narrative but lead the opposition activists to raise doubts about the deaths and injuries.

The photos only show partial damage of the bus's windows. Meanwhile, no wide shots were taken of the blast site perimeter as security authorities and media do in neighboring countries when dealing with similar incidents. The Bahraini Ministry of Interior only took some photos focusing on the bus without any pictures of the dead and injured nor even any of their traces.

(Bus that the Ministry of Interior said was targeted by a blast that left two policemen killed and 6 injured)

Indeed, the only photos that were published of the injured in the incident show the leg of an injured policeman that the ministry itself denied and said they are related to previous incidents. The ministry, however, neither published any photos of the injured nor announced the names of the two policemen who were killed in the blast and said to be Pakistanis.

One of the opposition sources doubted the official narrative and said that "a blast might have taken place there yet saying there were two people killed and 6 others injured needs proof (...) we need an independent investigation committee to look into this incident and other incidents that left a number of civilians dead, which is what the family of martyr Kassim Mohsen who was martyred in Al-Ekr also demanded."

While the Ministry of Interior did not present any convincing evidence regarding the incident as was the case of previous incidents as well, it rushed to announce within less than 24 hours that it arrested a number of suspects. More than 10 citizens were taken into custody after besieging the area for a few hours.

This is not the first time that the Interior Ministry only presents evidence that dissidents described as "poor". The ministry had said on February 14, 2014 that a bus was targeted by an explosion in Al-Diah west of the capital Manama resulting in no injuries and published one photo of the bus showing some damage to the vehicle's exterior.

(A bus the Ministry of Interior said was targeted by a bomb blast in Al-Diah west of Manama in 2014)

Unlike the bomb blasts that took place in Saudi Arabia's Al-Qadih and Kuwait, no photos are circulated about those that happen in Bahrain, where the blast sites are always cordoned off by security forces or are quickly closed down making it difficult for any other side to reach it.

On the other hand, photos and videos of the Imam Al-Sadiq blast that took place in Kuwait were circulated on social media and among them were photos of Kuwait's Prince Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah who visited the site despite the dangerous security conditions.

What raised doubts about the Sitra explosion was that it coincided with a media campaign launched by the Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa against what he described as "Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs and its support for terrorism", and the incident was used as evidence of this interference a few days after warning of.

The ministry also said that the explosives were similar to those seized by security forces in the beginning of the week (which also came after the launch of the campaign) which it said were smuggled to Bahrain from Iran.

For its part, the Iranian Foreign Ministry denied these allegations and considered them "official media propaganda" and said that the campaign launched in Manama aims at stirring up tensions in the region.

The Arabic Issue