Bahrain arrests young boy smuggling bomb-making materials

Authorities in Bahrain arrested a young man today who was trying to smuggle in bomb-making materials from Iraq, police said.
The suspect, a minor carrying the materials in a suitcase, was arrested during a routine security search at the border post on the causeway which links the Gulf island nation to Saudi Arabia, according to a Bahraini police statement published by the official Bahrain News Agency.
The statement, which did not reveal the boy's age or name, said that he told authorities a relative who lives in Iraq gave him the suitcase to take to Bahrain. The agency report said the boy's relative in Iraq, who also was not named, is wanted by Bahraini authorities on terrorism-related charges.

Bahrain has faced four years of unrest following widespread anti-government protests led by the country's Shiite majority against its ruling Sunni monarchy.
Young protesters routinely clash with riot police. A number of small bombs mainly targeting security forces have killed and wounded police officers.