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Join Date: 05 Mar 2015
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Security cameras to be set up at Bahrain's mosques |
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Security cameras to be set up at Bahrain's mosques
Manama: Security cameras will be installed at Bahrain’s mosques amid a heightening of security following deadly bombings in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, it has emerged. Mosques will also be closed after each prayer session so that caretakers can sweep places of worship for suspicious objects, while legal action is being threatened against anyone promoting an extremist agenda. Field visits will be conducted at places of worship to assess security requirements. Each governorate will also be required to nominate residents to be registered at the security directorates as volunteers, who will be trained in first aid and rescue services. The new measures were announced yesterday by the Interior Ministry, after the heads of authorities responsible for both ****’ite and Sunni mosques met Interior Minister Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa. During the meeting with Sunni Endowments (Waqf) Directorate chairman Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa and Jaffari Endowments Directorate chairman Shaikh Mohsen Al Asfoor, the minister said action was needed to ensure similar attacks did not take place in Bahrain. He added security personnel were being assigned to safeguard mosque security. “Those who attended the meeting also discussed the installation of CCTV cameras and utilising other modern technologies to secure places of worship and their surroundings,†said a ministry statement. Meanwhile, parliament’s foreign affairs, defence and national security committee vice-chairman MP Jamal Bu Hassan said reassurances had been sought from Bahraini security chiefs even before 27 people were killed in Friday’s suicide bombing at Kuwait’s Imam Al Sadiq Mosque. He revealed MPs were told there was also an increased police presence at malls and markets during a meeting with Lt-Gen Shaikh Rashid, following the bombing at a Saudi mosque on May 22. Twenty-one people died in the May 22 bombing in the Eastern Province, while two security guards were killed as they foiled another attempted suicide bombing at a Saudi mosque a week later. Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for all three attacks targeting ****’ite mosques. “Security is now the top priority and all routes for these people (IS) into the country are being cut,†Mr Bu Hassan told the GDN yesterday. “There is more security at the borders and more stringent checks. “Also at mosques, whenever there is an alert the whole country upgrades its level of security. It is usually not announced so that people don’t panic, but on the contrary people should feel safer with the higher level of security. “Bahrain is under watch – there are more guards on duty, especially on Fridays, but not only in mosques. There is also heightened security in malls, markets and popular public areas. “People should not be changing their habits – we do all this so they don’t have to worry.†Saudi suicide bomber Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen Al Gabbaa has been identified as the man responsible for killing 27 people and injuring 227 in the deadly mosque blast in Kuwait. Reports have emerged that Bahraini cleric Shaikh Turki Albinali, a senior figure in IS, has used social media to warn that Bahrain would be next. However, Mr Bu Hassan urged people not to panic and said the security services were doing everything possible to protect the public. “The local (IS) supporters are being watched and everything is safe at mosques, so no-one should think twice about going to prayers,†he said. “Da’esh (IS) say Bahrain is next, but I don’t think Bahrain is easier than Saudi or Kuwait to attack. “It is different as we are smaller and our borders are easier to control and watch. “But for this reason (the threat to Bahrain) our security services are opening their eyes much wider.†Security has been visibly increased at mosques in Bahrain after the May 22 bombing in Saudi Arabia. Additional police patrols are visible near places of worship and people are subject to increased screening as they enter. Source:gdnonline http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/11505/Security-cameras-to-be-set-up-at-Bahrains-mosques |
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