A Bahraini court sentenced on Monday four suspects to death, charged with staging a terrorist attack that resulted in the death of a security man. The court issued life imprisonment verdict for three other suspects involved in the same case.
Another Bahraini accomplice, who was one of the total seven suspects involved in the case, was stripped of his citizenship and fined 1,000 dinars for every criminal he abetted.
A statement by the prosecutor’s office said the four were found guilty on charges of premeditated murder and possession of unlicensed arms “with terrorist aims” over the June 18, 2017 bombing in Diraz.
The other three sentenced to life in prison were each fined 1,000 dinars, and had their citizenship rights revoked as well.
A police officer was killed in the blast in Diraz, a flashpoint village outside the capital Manama.
“The suspects monitored the movement of police vehicles and selected the exact location where they planted the explosive device. Two suspects planted the explosive device and went up the roof of a building in the vicinity to monitor the movement of police vehicles near the bomb location,” the Bahrain News Agency said in a statement.
“They detonated the bomb when a police vehicle arrived, killing one officer and critically injuring two others.”
“The blast damaged public and private properties,” the statement added.
Bahraini prosecution built its case based on witness testimonies, technical evidence, forensic reports, photo imaging of the blast site, seized electronic devices and a detailed confession in which one suspect admitted having committed the incident along with the remaining others.
