Dubai: Bahrain’s Advocate General and Chief Prosecutor of the ‘Terror’ Crimes Prosecution Ahmad Al Hammadi has said 26 suspects are to be put on trial on February 24 on ‘terror’ charges.
“The Public Prosecution has completed its investigation ‘into the case of a ‘terror’ cell that was responsible for a number of blasts aiming to disrupt public order and reach ‘terrorist’ goals,” he said. “The Prosecution referred 26 suspects, including 16 remanded in custody, to the third High Criminal Court. It charged some of them with establishing, organising and running an illegal group for the sake of disrupting the implementation of the provisions of the law and preventing state institutions from exercising their work, and using ‘terror’ as a means to achieve their goals. It accused the remaining defendants of joining the cell although they were aware of its ‘terrorist’ purposes,” he said.
The cell was also accused of attempting to murder a policeman, training on the use of weapons and explosives, carrying out blasts, arson, damaging property and making, possessing and using explosive materials, Al Hammadi said in a statement carried by the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) on Sunday.
The charges also included possessing Molotov cocktails, holding unauthorised gatherings, rioting and hiding convicts.
The crimes, committed for ‘terrorist’ purposes, were proven by evidence from witnesses’ statements, the examination of the seized items, and the confessions of the arrested suspects, he said.
One defendant admitted he had travelled to Iran where he was trained on making bombs. He also admitted making a number of bombs after his return, which he used in ‘terror’ blasts in the village of Duraz, west of the capital Manama, he said.
