An US-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of #civilians & tore through homes in #US #ally #Bahrain 10 days into the #war on #Iran, acc/to an analysis by academic researchers examined by Reuters.
Both Bahrain & the #Trump admin blamed an Iranian drone attack for the March 9 blast, which the Gulf kingdom said injured 32 people including #children, some seriously.
Commenting on the day of the attack, CENTCOM said that an Iranian drone struck a residential neighborhood in #Bahrain.
In response to questions from Reuters, Bahrain on Saturday acknowledged for the first time that a Patriot missile was involved in the explosion over the #Mahazza neighborhood on #Sitraisland, offshore from the capital #Manama & also home to an #oil refinery.
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