National Safety Court on Thursday handed in death sentences to four out of seven accused facing murder charges of the policemen on duty Kashef Ahmed Mandhour and Mahmoud Farooq Abdulsamad.
According to the verdict the court ordered execution of four accused including Ali Abdulla Hassan Al-Sankis, Qassim Hassan Matar Ahmed, Saeed Abduljalil Saeed and Abdulaziz Abdulridha Ibrahim Hussain.
The other three accused Isa Abdulla Kadhim Ali, Sadoq Ali Mahdi and Hussein Jaafar Abdulkarim have been awarded life imprisonment by the court.
Lawyers have the right to appeal the verdict before the National Safety Court of Appeals.
The Lower National Safety Court heard four criminal cases on Sunday, where the Military General Prosecution delivered its final presentation containing a detailed description of the incident, evidence, including the defendants’ confessions and replied to the defence’s arguments.
The defendants committed crime for terrorist reasons and attacked police employees while on duty on purpose.
Following are the details released by the Bahrain News Agency:
“The National Safety Lower Court on Thursday condemned Ali Abdullah Hassan Al Singees, Qasim Hasan Matar Ahmad, Saeed Abduljalil Saeed and Abdulaziz Abdulridha Ibrahim Husain to death for their role in the killing of Policemen Kashef Ahmed Madhoor and Mohammed Farooq Abdulsamad.
The court also condemned Isa Abdullah Kadhem Ali, Sayyed Sadiq Ali Mahdi and Husain Jaafar Abdulkareem to life in prison for their role in the twin murders. The case of the murders by the seven men was referred to the court following an intensive investigation by the competent authorities. Lawyers have the right to appeal the verdict before the National Safety Court of Appeals. Present at the session during which the verdict was pronounced were journalists from the local media, representative from human rights organisations, relatives of the defendants, lawyers and the defendants. Kashef Ahmed Mandhoor and Mohammed Farooq Abdulsamad were murdered last month when they were deliberately hit by vans and run over in one of the most gruesome crimes in the history of Bahrain. The killing was captured on camera and displayed on TV networks and on social networks Facebook and You Tube. The defendants had all their legal rights in line with human rights standards and had lawyers representing them during the trial. They were also allowed to contact their families. The trial sessions were attended by representative from human rights organisations and relatives of the defendants.”