DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced seven Shia men to 15 years in prison yesterday for the attempted murder of a police officer in August 2012, a judicial source said.
An eighth Shia was sentenced to three years in prison while two others, on trial over the same case, were acquitted, the source said.
The group were also accused of setting a police station ablaze in the Shia village of Sitra using petrol bombs and of taking part in an “unauthorised gathering,” according to the charge sheet.
Bahrain still sees sporadic Shia-led demonstrations. According to the International Federation for Human Rights, around 80 people have been killed in Bahrain since the violence first broke out in 2011.
AFP
