Bahraini court sentences four nationals to death over terror charges

A Bahraini court has sentenced four of its nationals to death for their alleged roles in a deadly bombing last year as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the Gulf kingdom.

A Bahraini court has sentenced four of its nationals to death for their alleged roles in a deadly bombing last year as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the Gulf kingdom.

The High Criminal Court issued the rulings against the suspects on Monday after they were convicted of allegedly carrying out bomb attack in June 18, 2017 that claimed the life of a police officer and wounded two others in Diraz village in the Persian Gulf island country, said an official statement on Bahrain’s state news agency, BNA.

“The suspects were charged with murder, illegal possession, handling and use of weapons and explosive device that claimed a human life and damaged public and private properties,” further said the statement, citing Terror Crime Chief Prosecutor Ahmed al-Hammadi.

The court also ordered the suspects to collectively pay BD 1,000 fine in compensation for the damages purportedly caused by the blast as it stripped them of their Bahraini citizenship, it added.