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Karbabad terrorist attack suspects arrested

Manama : The Interior Ministry yesterday announced that 11 individuals, suspected of their involvement in the Karbabad terrorist attack on April 16 that led to the death of policeman Mohammed Tanweer and seriously injured two others, were arrested.

Forensic evidence and information gathered during the investigation from the crime scene led to the identification and arrest of the suspects.  

“The investigation will continue until all suspects are identified and arrested,” the Ministry said in a statement.

The arrestees confessed to the crime, outlining the various roles each of them had played in the attack. This included monitoring the movements of police jeeps, preparation of the weapons and attacking the police patrol with Molotov cocktails.

The General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science referred the case to the Public Prosecution.  The Interior Ministry confirmed their continued efforts to reinforce security in all parts of Bahrain to ensure the safety of the public.

 

Caption : Bahrain Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa 

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Ghareeb Ibrahim Hilal Ali, works as a technician in a private firm. He was arrested for filming the terrorist attack.

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The suspects who were involved in monitoring of security patrols (from left) Hussain Abdulmajeed Ibrahim Ahmed (secondary school student (arrested)), Fadhel Abas Ali Musa (secondary school student (arrested)), Younis Mohammed Ibrahim Salman (driver at a private company (arrested)) and Hassan Ali Hassan Ali (secondary school student (arrested)).

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The main suspects who plotted, prepared and were involved in the crime (from left) Maitham Ali Ibrahim Yousif (security guard at a private company (fugitive)), Abdullah Saeed Jassim Ali (employee at a private company (fugitive and sentenced in other rioting and vandalism cases)), Ahmed Fuad Abas Al Abar (unemployed secondary graduate (arrested)) and Hussain Ali Mahdi Jassim (university student (arrested)).

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Suspects who sheltered the terrorists and hid evidence, (from left) Murtadha Khalil Ibrahim Khalil (driver at a private company (arrested)), Sayed Ameen Hassan Mohammed (university student (arrested)), Sayed Ali Mohsen Ameen (university student (arrested)) and Sayed Ayman Mohsen Ameen (secondary school student (arrested)).