Manama
: The final death penalty sentence upheld against the convicts indicted in the Daih bomb blast was based on compelling evidence, said Haroun Alzayani, Attorney General affiliated with the Public Prosecutor’s technical office.
The evidence included the witnesses’ testimonies, the convicts’ own confessions, the material tools and telecommunication devices which were found with the executed convicts and others.
Results of forensic reports also corroborated with the verbal testimonies, material evidence as well as the circumstances that surrounded the Daih deadly explosion.
The High Criminal Court took into consideration the detailed compelling evidence in issuing the death verdict, which was upheld respectively by the High Court of Appeals and then by the Court of Cassation.
The convicts were caught with materials and substances which used in making the lethal explosives.
Human cells collected from one bomb which was defused at the scene of the blast were found to be matching with the DNA of one of the executed convicts.
Forensic examination of the mobile phones revealed that the convicts used a special programme in their communications. The taped conversations revealed that the trio used the same programme during the days before the blast.
The investigation revealed that the two mobile phones which were used in detonating the bomb that targeted the security forces had been tested the night before the blast.
The reports submitted by the coroner and the forensic experts matched with the convicts’ confessions, regarding the nature of the substances which were used to make the bomb and the detonation technique.
The convicts received fair public trials and all the legal guarantees, in the presence of their lawyers, who had access to the case before delivering their pleadings.
Twelve judges handled the case during the different stages of judicial litigation and found the evidence compelling, dismissing any presumed doubt and finding no
reason to grant the convicts mercy or commute the death penalty.
Killed Bahrain policemen
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Manama
: To implement their terrorist plot, the suspects planted three IEDs on the highway the evening before the crime. According to the plan, members were tasked with detonating the devices, others with monitoring the area and one with recording the explosions.
They carried out their plot, starting with staging riots to lure the policemen. A group member (sentenced to death) took up his place atop a building and detonated the explosive device.
“The other two IEDs were not detonated as one was damaged by the first explosion and the policemen did not get close to the place where the other one had been placed,” Al Hammadi said.
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Manama : Six suspects were charged with joining the terror group Al Ashtar Brigades.
“They, along with the second suspect were charged with carrying out terrorist activities, killing and attempting to kill policemen, damage public properties, and possessing, storing and using explosive substances. Their aim was to carry out acts of terror, fund their terror group and finance its activities,” Al Hammadi said.
The High Criminal Court sentenced three defendants to death and the remaining suspects to life in jail.
Some of the defendants were also stripped off their nationality.
The defendants challenged the verdict and their lawyers presented memoranda explaining the reason for challenging the court rulings.
The verdicts were later upheld by the Court of Appeals.
The Public Prosecution referred the case to the Court of Cassation which cancelled the sentence and referred it back to the Court of Appeal on October 17, 2016 to re-consider it
The Appeals Court deliberated the case a second time on December 4, and upheld the sentence.
The appeals by the defendants were again reviewed by the Court of Cassation last Monday.
The Court upheld the initial ruling, and the death sentence was finalised leading to the execution.
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