The mid-air interception of an Iranian drone led to 32 people being wounded early in the conflict
A US-fired Patriot missile was connected to the injury of dozens of civilians in Bahrain on March 9, Reuters reported on Sunday. Washington and Manama initially attributed the casualties to an Iranian drone strike.
According to the agency, analysis by researchers at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies found that the interceptor was launched from a battery located approximately four miles (7 km) southwest of the Mahazza neighborhood on Sitra island. Bahraini authorities previously said 32 people, including children, were wounded.
In response to requests for comment, the Bahraini government acknowledged that the injuries “were not a result of a direct impact to the ground of either the Patriot interceptor or the Iranian drone,” stating that the mid-air interception helped prevent greater casualties.
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