Terrorist activities against Bahrain : Fate will be heard on December

Manama : Ten men, convicted in connection with a terrorist group called Jaish Al Imam (Imam Army), will learn the fate of their appeals in December. 

Four of the defendants were earlier sentenced to life each, while their co-defendants were given 15 years behind the bars each. But Bahrain’s highest court - the Cassation Court - ordered a retrial in the case after the defendants had lost their appeals. 

All the men implicated in the case were accused of establishing and leading the Jaish Al Imam terrorist cell with the intention of arming and training its members to carry out acts of terrorism.

The cell planned to attack the Interior Ministry, Bahrain International Airport, Bahrain’s Formula One circuit, the US Navy base in Juffair, the BDF, Shaikh Isa Air Base and other vital sites. 

Among the defendants are a lawyer, a businessman and a policeman. The terror cell was reportedly waiting for instructions from Iran for a “zero hour” to carry out massive attacks in Bahrain using light and medium weapons and homemade explosives.

The terror cell was allegedly run from Iran by Abu Nasser, a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, who funded $80,000 (BD30,160) for the group.