Bahraini Court Upholds Death Sentence for Two in 2015 Case of Police Bombing

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Bahraini Court Upholds Death Sentence for Two in 2015 Case of Police Bombing

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Bahrain Court of Appeals upheld on Monday the death sentence of two Bahraini nationals convicted of killing two policemen and injuring six others in a bus bombing on Sitra Island in July 2015.

The appeals court also upheld all sentences in life imprisonment, between six months and 10 years of 20 other convicts in the case, revoked the Bahraini nationality of 9 of them, and obliged 7 of them to pay a fine of 6,600 Bahraini dinars.

The case dates back to July 28, 2015 when terrorists bombed a police bus in Sitra which claimed the life of two policemen and injured six others.

The High Court of Appeals ruled in the case of establishment, formation, joining, financing and running of a terrorist group to break the law, according Terror Crime Prosecution Chief Ahmed al-Hammadi.

The terrorist group had killed two policemen and attempted to murder several others, possessed, handled and used explosive devices, weapons and incendiary devices, damaged properties, assisted and concealed fugitive terrorists to escape justice without reporting to the authorities. They also entered and exited Bahrain unlawfully.

In March 2017, the High Criminal Court sentenced two defendants to death, five defendants to a life in jail, six defendants to ten years each, one defendant to five years in jail, two defendants to three years each and two defendants to two years each, and four defendants to six months incarceration.

The court acquitted four of the defendants.



Saudi Crown Prince Receives US Secretary of State in Riyadh

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, receives US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, receives US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
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Saudi Crown Prince Receives US Secretary of State in Riyadh

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, receives US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, receives US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received in Riyadh on Monday US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the eve of talks on Ukraine.

Rubio had arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday to prepare for the talks and plan the anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump and Putin have agreed to kick of peace talks about Ukraine that will be attended by Crown Prince Mohammed.

Saudi and American officials will discuss bilateral relations and regional cooperation, as well as efforts to push forward peace and stability in the region.

The State Department had said Rubio’s visit to the region will “promote US interests in advancing regional cooperation, stability, and peace.”

“The trip will center on freeing American and all other hostages from Hamas captivity, advancing to Phase II of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, and countering the destabilizing activities of the Iranian regime and its proxies,” it said in a statement.