Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Interior Ministry accused Qatar of managing fake accounts on social media outlets that aim at harming Bahrain's interests, influencing the public opinion through raising several issues like naturalization, and damaging Bahrain-Saudi relations.

A statement issued by the Interior Ministry on Saturday (July 21, 2018) said that it followed and monitored what was recently circulated on social media outlets, claiming these accounts are run from Qatar and by the wanted fugitives facing justice.     

The Ministry of Interior added that "such accounts tend to instigate disturbances and sedition and incite hatred, in an attempt to tear into Bahrain's social fabric and jeopardize the upcoming parliamentary elections by negatively focusing on a number of issues, including the new pension scheme, to negatively swing the public opinion and distort the Bahraini identity to project it as having negative characteristics. In general, these threats constitute a purposeful assault against the citizens although they are immune to the risks such attempts pose and have proven through history their firm stand on national values thanks to their awareness and sincere determination to foil all attempts targeting security and social peace."

The Ministry of Interior calls upon the public to be cautious and avoid recirculating false reports, as the current stage requires joint efforts, unity, an awareness to protect the nation's supreme interests, and civil peace as the strengthening of national unity is the responsibility of all.

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