MANAMA - Bahraini authorities have arrested a "terror cell" of two suspected of plotting attacks in the kingdom and neighbouring Gulf countries, the interior ministry said.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashed bin Abdullah al-Khalifa said the suspects were arrested on April 26 in a police raid which recovered two AK-47 assault rifles and a pistol, with ammunition.
"(The) terror cell was plotting and preparing for terror attacks in the kingdom of Bahrain and some Gulf countries," he said in a statement carried by the official BNA news agency late on Thursday.
He said the two suspects have been kept in custody for further questioning.
He warned Bahrainis against "the danger of terrorist Internet websites that... aim to mislead the youth and indoctrinate them with extremist ideas, to attract them into terrorist organisations."
In February, a Bahraini court sentenced three men to up to five years in prison for belonging to and funding a "terrorist" group abroad -- a term that is usually used to refer to Al-Qaeda-linked groups.
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