Bahrain’s High Court of Appeal unanimously upheld a verdict handed down to 26 suspects in the 2015 Abu Saiba bombings that killed a security officer and injured many others including civilians, announced Chief of the Terror Crime Prosecution Advocate General Chancellor Ahmed al-Hammadi.
On February 1, the High Criminal Court sentenced one suspect to death, 13 to life in jail, eight to 15 years in prison, two suspects to five years and two suspects to three years.
The Court also ruled to revoke the Bahraini citizenship of 25 suspects and seized confiscated items. It also ordered 22 suspects to pay compensation for the damage caused in the blast.
Earlier, the Public Prosecution received a notification from the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID) on the two bombings in Abu Saiba on August 28, 2015.
Some of the security officers' cars as well as private ones were damaged in the incident. A number of suspects were arrested on August 29, 2015.
Investigations showed that 32 suspects were implicated in the incident, 20 of whom were arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution.
They admitted to setting up a terrorist group, causing a blast, killing and attempted murder of the security officers.
The Public Prosecution relied in its investigation on testimonies of the security officers, eye-witnesses, the suspects' confession, technical reports and photographed evidences.
The suspects were referred to the High Criminal Court, which heard the case in the presence of their lawyer and issued its aforementioned verdict.
