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Bahraini sentenced for attacking police officer

A 20-year-old Bahraini man will serve three years in prison for attacking police officers after he was held guilty by the High Criminal Court.

The incident happened in 2015 when the officers were assigned to escort the defendant, who was detained in connection with a criminal case, to his house to seize the weapons he used to commit the crime.

However, as soon as he saw his family members he assaulted the officers in a bid to escape from them, the court heard. He is said to have bitten one of this officers’ leg causing a wound.