Cop killer, several others arrested
Manama : Security authorities yesterday confirmed the arrest of the killer of the police officer Hisham Al Hammadi who was shot dead in Bilad Al Qadeem on January 29.
“Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa Al Mulali, 23, has confessed to murdering officer Al Hammadi, saying he was assigned to do so by Hussain Dawood who escaped to Iraq,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Security authorities have also arrested several members of a terror cell and foiled attempts to carry out terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, the Interior Ministry added in the statement.
The other arrested are: Sadiq Ahmed Mansoor Ahmed, 27; Amira Mohammed Saleh Abduljalil, 35; Faten Abdulhussain Ali Nasser, 41; Hameeda Juma Ali Abdullah, 40; Mona Habib Adrees Saleh, 46; Mohammed Saleh Abduljalil Ahmed, 65; Abdulshaheed Ahmed Ali Al Shaikh, 37; Ahmed Hassan Redhi, 23; and Abulfadhel Mohammed Saleh Abduljalil, 24. Hisham Al Hammadi, the police officer, was shot in the back in broad daylight while he was feeding his pets in his private farm in the village.
As part of the search and investigation that led to the foiling of the fleeing fugitives via the sea to Iran on February 9, a number of terror cells that were about to carry out terrorist plots have been dismantled through a comprehensive security plan, the Interior Ministry said.
“Proactive operations were successfully carried out from February 9 to 19. 20 individuals who were wanted in security cases were arrested.
Four women among the arrested were charged with aiding and abetting fugitives,” the Interior Ministry said.
Two of the arrested were involved in setting up secret bomb-making warehouses, the Interior Ministry said.
“An investigation revealed that eight of the arrested had received military training on arms and the use of explosives in Iran and Iraq,” the Ministry said.
The statement mentioned that nine of the arrested were involved in executing the jailbreak on January 1 and sheltering fugitives.
Another group was also arrested in Al Dair village in Muharraq Governorate, the ministry said without giving any dates. The ministry said the group was involved in various terrorist crimes.
The arrested members of the group are: Jaffar Naji Ramadhan Ali Humaidan, 22, Yousif Hassan Mohammed Hassan, 22, Ali Hassan Abdulali Hamaad, 30, Mohsen Ahmed Ali Al Naham, 24 and Mohammed Hassan Abdali Al Naham, 46.
Several others arrested in various terrorist cases are Ahmed Ali Ahmed Yousif, 20, who created secret warehouse of explosive in his house; Salman Mohammed Salman Mansoor, 31, who provided satellite phones to assist the escape of fugitives; Hussain Mohammed Salman Mansoor, 36 who also provided satellite phones to assist the escape attempt; Hussain Isa Ahmed Ali Al Shaer, 34, who received military training in Iran; and Hani Younis Yousif Ali, 21, who assisted with another suspect in setting up a secret warehouse of explosives.
The ministry affirmed that the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science has taken legal steps and referred the suspects to the Public Prosecution.
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