Bahrain seeks extradition of ‘terrorists’ from Iraq

File photo of Bahraini police in the capital Manama [Sara Hassan / Al Jazeera / Flickr]

The authorities in Bahrain have handed their Iraqi counterparts a list of terror suspects residing in Iraq, the Manama ambassador to Baghdad, Salah Al-Maliki, revealed on Tuesday.

The ambassador told Anadolu news agency that the alleged terrorists are wanted in Bahrain, having committed acts of terror there before fleeing to Iraq.

Al-Maliki insisted that the suspects are “harming Bahrain and some neighbouring countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as relations between Baghdad and Manama.” They are no less dangerous than Daesh, he added.

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