MANAMA: A Bahraini court on Monday upheld death sentences against three people convicted of killing police including an Emirati officer in a bomb attack, a judicial source said.
The decision by Bahrain’s Court of Cassation ends the trial of members of the group behind the March 2014 attack in a village near Manama, for which seven others had received life sentences.
The Emirati officer was part of the Saudi-led Gulf force, which rolled into Bahrain in March 2011 to boost Bahraini security forces in quelling a month-long protest.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested and put on trial since the crackdown on the violent demonstrations
Separately, Bahrain is hunting four suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in a deadly attack on the central prison and a jailbreak earlier this month, the Interior Minister said on Sunday.
On Jan. 1, gunmen attacked Jaw prison south of the capital Manama, killing a policeman and allowing 10 inmates to escape.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Al-Khalifa told parliament that investigators had identified four key suspects involved in the prison attack and jailbreak.
A number of suspects who helped them had been arrested, including the owner of the car used in the operation, he added, in remarks carried by the official BNA news agency.
“Negligence and complicity were the key reasons behind the jailbreak,” the minister said, recalling that authorities had referred to the prosecutor three officials as part of the probe into the operation.
The minister also urged lawmakers to adopt legislation “that would help security forces fight against terrorism” and to “toughen sanctions” against those who attack security forces.
Those convicted over anti-government protests in Bahrain were held at Jaw.
Seven of the escapees had been serving life sentences and three were serving lengthy jail terms for “terrorist acts,” the ministry said last week.
Bahrain is a strategic ally of Washington and home the US Navy Fifth Fleet.
The decision by Bahrain’s Court of Cassation ends the trial of members of the group behind the March 2014 attack in a village near Manama, for which seven others had received life sentences.
The Emirati officer was part of the Saudi-led Gulf force, which rolled into Bahrain in March 2011 to boost Bahraini security forces in quelling a month-long protest.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested and put on trial since the crackdown on the violent demonstrations
Separately, Bahrain is hunting four suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in a deadly attack on the central prison and a jailbreak earlier this month, the Interior Minister said on Sunday.
On Jan. 1, gunmen attacked Jaw prison south of the capital Manama, killing a policeman and allowing 10 inmates to escape.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Al-Khalifa told parliament that investigators had identified four key suspects involved in the prison attack and jailbreak.
A number of suspects who helped them had been arrested, including the owner of the car used in the operation, he added, in remarks carried by the official BNA news agency.
“Negligence and complicity were the key reasons behind the jailbreak,” the minister said, recalling that authorities had referred to the prosecutor three officials as part of the probe into the operation.
The minister also urged lawmakers to adopt legislation “that would help security forces fight against terrorism” and to “toughen sanctions” against those who attack security forces.
Those convicted over anti-government protests in Bahrain were held at Jaw.
Seven of the escapees had been serving life sentences and three were serving lengthy jail terms for “terrorist acts,” the ministry said last week.
Bahrain is a strategic ally of Washington and home the US Navy Fifth Fleet.
