Qatar allows Bahraini fisherman to go home
Released three months after his arrest
Manama: Qatar has allowed a Bahraini fisherman to go home three months after it arrested him.
The head of Bahrain coastguard said that Adel Al Taweel, 37, has been released by Qatar on Monday.
Al Taweel was detained on May 8 for allegedly entering its waters illegally and resisting arrest. Qatari coast guards said that they shot him in the back after ignoring warning shots to leave the Qatari waters alongside two other ships.
Al Taweel was treated at a Qatari hospital, but when Bahrain wanted to repatriate him, Doha refused and insisted on his trial.
Soon Manama requested Doha to allow 107 Bahraini and Asian fishermen detained in Doha to go home. Bahrain also made moves to introduce the new Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) texts to extend to fishermen the privileges accorded to Gulf citizens to trade in the six GCC member countries.
However, Qatar tried the fishermen and released all the Bahrainis after they paid fines for allegedly straying into Qatari waters.
