DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced a US citizen of Arab origin to 10 years in prison yesterday for attempting to murder policemen last year, his lawyer said.
Taqi Al Meydan, 25, was also convicted of burning a police vehicle and taking part in a street protest, said Mohamed Al Jishi.
The court also jailed two other defendants for 10 years on similar charges.
Meydan was arrested in October 2012 during a demonstration in a Shia village near Manama and pleaded innocent to the charges, Jishi said.
He will appeal the verdict, which the lawyer said was “unexpected because the evidence against him is very weak.”
Meydan, born in 1988 in the United States to a Saudi father and Bahraini mother, moved to Bahrain after completing his education in the United States.
In August, King Hamad decreed stiffer penalties for “terror acts” in the country rocked by a Shia-led uprising since 2011.
These include a minimum 10-year jail term for an attempted bombing.
AFP
