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Iranian drone attack wounds 32 on Bahrain's Sitra island; Bapco declares force majeure

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Local time
5:10 AM in Bahrain, Mar 9
Where
Sitra, Bahrain

Bahrain said an Iranian drone attack hit a residential area of Sitra island near energy infrastructure, wounding 32 Bahraini citizens including children, four of them critically. State oil company Bapco later declared force majeure on its oil shipments after an attack apparently set its sole refinery, at Sitra, ablaze; it said it could still meet local demand.

Why it matters

Force majeure took a Gulf refiner's export commitments offline, adding a supply loss on top of the near-halt in Hormuz traffic.

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