Three accused get three years jail term for terror crime
Manama : The High Criminal Court sentenced three accused to three years behind bars each for detonating a gas cylinder in Sitra.
The incident occurred on February 27, 2017, where the cylinder exploded after the defendants placed it in the middle of burning tyres.
The accused men were captured following police investigations and the first accused told prosecutors that the second accused was the one who plotted to blow up the cylinder.
“He (the second defendant) told me he had a gas cylinder which he wanted to detonate. He asked me to agree on that and we later met the third accused.
At around 11:00 pm (on February 27, 2017) we detonated the cylinder with the use of tyres and firebombs. The trio was charged with detonating a cylinder for terrorist purposes.
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