Appeal verdict date set in Sitra officers’ murder trial
The High Appeals Court will issue its verdict on the appeals of 14 men convicted in connection with the murder of two police officers in Sitra on October 29, 2018.
The appellants were among 22 Bahraini nationals held guilty in connection with an explosion that targeted a police bus in Sitra on July 28, 2015, killing officers Hamed Rasool Aref and Naweed Ahmed Nazer. Two of them, namely Mohammed Ebrahim Al Touq and Mohammed Radhi Abdullah were handed down the death penalty for orchestrating the attack while five others have been sentenced to life behind bars for premeditated murder, joining a terrorist group and detonating a bomb.
Another six, including former MP Hassan Marzooq, were jailed for 10 years each for being part of the terror cell responsible for the blast outside Gurnata Primary School for Girls.
One man was jailed for five years, two were sentenced to three years in prison, another two were jailed for two years, and four defendants received six-month jail terms for their role in the attack. However, the court acquitted two men of all charges due to lack of proof.
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