Court upholds verdict in terrorist killing

Manama, Feb. 25 (BNA): The High Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence for four defendants in the case of the terror explosion that claimed the life of a security officer in Duraz, Chief of Terror Crime Prosecution, Ahmed Al Hammadi, said. On November 12, 2018, the High Criminal Court issued its verdict against the defendants in the case of terror bombing that took place on June 18, 2017. The four Bahrainis were convicted of premeditated murder, illegal possession, handling and detonation of explosives and contraband weapons they used to target people and private and public transport vehicles as well as to destroy public properties while carrying out terrorist attacks. The court sentenced the four to death and three of them to life in jail and ordered them to pay BD1,000 fines each and compensation for the damages they had caused. The court also revoked their citizenship. The Public Prosecution relied for its charges against the defendants on testimonies from witness, technical evidence and confessions.