Three Shi'ite Muslim men were sentenced to death by a Bahrain court on Thursday and seven others were given a life term for killing three policeman, the kingdom's Public Prosecution said on its Twitter account. Sporadic protests and occasional bomb attacks have shaken Bahrain since the Sunni Muslim-led government quelled mass protests in 2011 led by members of the Shi'ite majority demanding reforms. "Three defendants were sentenced to death and life imprisonment (was handed down) for the remaining accused," the public prosecution said on its Twitter account, adding that a number the men will be stripped of their nationality. Bahrain crushed demonstrations that began on Feb. 14, 2011, amid the protest wave sweeping other Arab countries, but it has yet to resolve the conflict between majority Shi'ites and the Sunni-led monarchy they accuse of oppressing them.
03-08-2015, 02:11 AM
Bahrain sentences three men to death for killing policeman
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