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7 December 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 21:41 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"BahrainBahraini staff blew up the suspect package at the airport<\/span><\/div>\n

Bahrain says staff at its airport have detonated a suspect package sent from Britain via Dubai, the week after a blast near the British embassy.<\/p>\n

The parcel was originally thought to contain explosives but on examination, the ministry of interior said it contained only bomb-making materials.<\/p>\n

Officials in Bahrain have told the BBC they believe the device was a dummy to “test their defences”.<\/p>\n

The UK Foreign Office says it is aware of the reports and is checking them.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, riot police in the capital Manama fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters trying to reach a key landmark.<\/p>\n

The Shia-majority protesters – who are demanding more rights from Bahrain’s Sunni rulers – were trying to reach Pearl Square, the centre of demonstrations which erupted earlier this year.<\/p>\n

They began marching after ceremonies commemorating the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein, in 680AD, a key event in the Shia faith.<\/p>\n

There were no immediate reports of injuries.<\/p>\n

Blast near embassy<\/span><\/p>\n

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says UK counter-terrorism police are working with the Bahraini authorities to investigate the device.<\/p>\n

After detonating the package, Bahrain’s ministry of interior said on its Twitter account<\/a>: “Correction: after examining package at lab it turns the materials used aren’t explosives, but contained tools used to make explosives”.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Bahrain said an explosion outside the British embassy in the capital Manama was caused by a bomb placed under a vehicle nearby. It blew the wheel off a van and damaged other vehicles nearby.<\/p>\n

British diplomats were not thought to be the target, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that a senior police officer who resigned from the Metropolitan Police earlier this year was going to Bahrain to help reform the police there.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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