MANAMA: The investigation undertaken by the General Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Evidence in Bahrain revealed that a group of terrorists are involved in the crime, where they formed with other accomplices a terrorist group with the intent of blowing off explosions, disturbing the public security and attacking the security forces.
The Public Prosecution issued the following statement outlining the judicial proceedings which have been taken in the aftermath of the Daih bombing, which left Public Security officer and two policemen dead and several others injured.
Last Monday (March 3, 2014) the Public Prosecution was informed by the General Directorate of Investigations and Forensic Evidence about a bomb blast incident in Daih. It resulted in the death of an officer and two policemen, while ten policemen and one civilian were injured. Accordingly, the Public Prosecution visited and examined the location, ordered the effects which were found to be lifted, and commissioned laboratory forensic experts for examination, to determine the nature and components of the improvised explosive device (IED) used in the crime and measure the explosion range, and whatsoever may be useful in reaching to the perpetrators.
Moreover, the Public Prosecution moved to the hospital, where it heard the testimony of a number of injured individuals who were able to be interviewed, while commissioned a forensic physician to examine the bodies of the deceased victims as well as the injured victims among whom was a press photographer, also ordered for intensive investigations to reach the doer.
They had planned to commit the crime while ago, where they made IED explosions and planted them in the place of the incident, and then ambushed the security forces to execute their plan, and when the forces reached the specified spot, they detonated it remotely.
Based on the findings of the investigation, the Public Prosecution issued an arrest and search warrant against the defendants, so as to seize of weapons and explosives in their possession, and anything related to their criminal activity. In the implementation of the Public Prosecution’s permit, the accused were arrested Sami Mirza Ahmed Mushaima; Abbas Jamil Tahir Alsameea; Ali Mohammed Jamil Taher Alsameea and Yusuf Ahmed Mohammed Taher Alsameea.
The Public Prosecution questioned those accused immediately after the arrest, where they confessed committing the incident jointly with other accomplices. In details, they stated that they had an advanced agreement to commit the crime by making IED intended for remote detonation by a mobile phone, and then planted it on a public road where it was exploded. Also, to achieve their purpose, they caused riots in the area to be able to ambush the police to the place of bombing, and once the forces reached their, one of the defendants detonated it.
According to the confessions of the accused; it has been proven that they and others manufactured several explosive devices, including the one used in the crime, and it was planted during the night before. Also, they communicated with each other on the day the crime was committed for the purpose of monitoring and targeting the security forces through technical connection program installed on their mobile phones.
One of the defendants explained in the investigation how they used the program in exchanging information, monitoring and distributing assignments, while the confessions included detailed explanations of how to make an explosive device. It was also proven through their statements and what was found through the inferences and investigations that they are working under the guidance of some terrorist elements abroad.
The Public Prosecution ordered the interviewed defendants to be jailed on remand after being charged with establishing and joining a terrorist group intended to call to disable the provisions of the laws and prevent state authorities from exercising their duties, killing security personnel and disturb public security, as well as killing the deceased victims and attempted murder of the injured individuals with premeditation during and for doing their job and for the purpose of terrorism. Also, manufacture, acquisition and possession of explosives and materials which are used in manufacturing explosives with intention to use it for the purpose of disturbing the public security and for a terrorist purpose. Causing an explosion for a terrorist purpose resulted in death and injury of the victims. These crimes are criminalized by the Article no. 333 of the Penal Code, Articles 1, 2, 3, 6 and 10 of the Law no. 58 of 2006 on the protection of society against terrorist acts, and Articles 1, 3 and 18 of Decree-Law no. 16 of 1976 concerning explosives, weapons and ammunition, in which the punishment is up to death penalty, as well as the rule by necessity of revocation of citizenship.
It also ordered the fugitives to be quickly arrested and brought before the justice, to expedite the technical reports, and request investigations on some of the facts and the people who are mentioned in the confessions of the interrogated accused.
It should be noted that a number of suspects involved in this crime have already been accused of joining terrorist groups, manufacturing and possessing explosives, plotting bombings and arsons and committing acts of rioting and sabotage, as well as overseas training on the use of weapons, and in the manufacture and use of explosives. Some of the defendants have been convicted in absentia in some of the cases filed against them, and were sentenced five to fifteen years in jail.
The Public Prosecution asserts that the investigations are ongoing without interruption since being notified of the incident, in order to follow the evidence and reveal the truth in its various dimensions at the earliest and as soon as possible.
Findings will be announced successively unless they affect the course of the investigation and to preserve the integrity of the evidence and the public interest.