Bahrain websites attacked amid parliament election

Bahrain says hackers have targeted government websites in the island kingdom amid its parliamentary election.

The Interior Ministry did not identify the websites targeted Saturday. Screenshots taken by internet users showed a picture after the hack claiming it was carried out by a previously unknown account called Al-toufan, or “The Flood” in Arabic.

Bahrain is in the midst of a decade-long crackdown on all dissent after the 2011 Arab Spring protests. Shiite activists have called for a boycott of the polls.