DUBAI: Authorities in Bahrain said on Monday a municipal building was set ablaze as fresh violence erupted over the executions of three Shias convicted of a deadly bomb attack on police.

Tensions in the Sunni-ruled kingdom have been on the rise since the three men were executed by firing squad on Sunday, a move that drew international condemnation.

The Shia majority in Bahrain, which has been ruled by the Al-Khalifa dynasty for more than two centuries, has long complained of marginalisation.

The country had been rocked by sporadic unrest since 2011.

A municipal building was torched overnight Monday in Shamalia, in the Shia area of Aali, south of the capital Manama, the interior ministry said, without explicitly linking the incident to the executions.

Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2017