A Bahraini policeman was killed on Sunday when armed men launched a terrorist attack on a prison in Bahrain that resulted in the escape of 10 convicted inmates, the interior ministry said.

A terrorist cell of four to six members, armed with automatic rifles and pistols, was involved in an attack on the Reformation and Rehabilitation Centre (Jau) at approximately 5:30 am on Sunday January 1, a ministry statement said.

The attack led to the death of a policeman, Abdulsalam Saif Ahmed.  A second policeman sustained moderate injuries while confronting the terrorists.  Ten inmates, all convicted in previous terrorist cases, escaped, the statement said.

Authorities are searching for the attackers and those who had escaped, the statement added.  – TradeArabia News Service