MANAMA: Three men were sentenced to death by a Bahrain court on Thursday and seven others were given a life term for killing three policeman, the kingdom’s Public Prosecution said on its Twitter account.

The ruling is the latest in a series of penalties handed down to those accused of seeking to destabilize the island country.

The men were found guilty of killing three policemen last March, including Lt. Tareq Mohammed Al-Shehhi from the neighboring UAE.

“Three defendants were sentenced to death and life imprisonment (was handed down) for the remaining accused,” the public prosecution said on its Twitter account, adding that a number the men will be stripped of their nationality.