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Authorities Bust Terror Cell Linked To Hezbollah; Members Reportedly Used Human-Rights Cover

July 19 2017

Bahrain

Authorities in Bahrain have announced the arrest of members of a terror group backed by Lebanon-based Hezbollah, reports the Bahrain News Agency.

Four people were arrested and later charged, said officials on Tuesday. The timing and location of the arrests were not given.

Officials said one suspect established the Manama Human Rights Observatory as a terror front. Members of the group were used for riots and acts of vandalism and terrorism against police and the Interior...

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