Manama: Kuwait’s Criminal Court will on Tuesday hold its final session to pronounce its verdicts against 29 defendants in the Imam Al Sadiq Mosque suicide bombing case.
The court, chaired by Judge Mohammad Al Duaij, has already heard the statement of the defence attorneys in the seventh and eighth sessions for case number 40/2015, in which they argued that the first defendant Abdul Rahman Aidan suffered from antisocial personality disorder, and requested his examination by a psychiatrist, Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) reported.
In the sixth session, the court decided to alter the charges registered in the case, namely complicity in the forms of incitement, consensus and providing of aid to the Saudi bomber Fahd Al Qaba’a.
The court has charged the defendants with using explosives with the intention of killing people, spreading terror, committing murder, joining an internationally-banned group that promotes toppling the ruling regime illegally and through terrorism, thus threatening the country’s unity.
The court held its first session on August 4 and looked into the cases presented against seven Kuwaiti defendants, five Saudis, three Pakistanis, 13 illegal residents and one fugitive whose nationality was not determined.
The Public Prosecution provided visual evidence on the role of the 29 defendants in the blast, including the hiding of crucial evidence and helping the driver, Abdul Rahman Eidan, to escape. The prosecution asked for extreme punitive sentences against the defendants, Kuna said.
The Shiite Imam Al Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait City was attacked by the suicide bomber on June 26 during Friday prayers in Ramadan and resulted in the death of 26 people and the injuries of 227.
