A Bahraini court on Monday upheld death sentences against three people convicted of killing three police including an Emirati officer in a bomb attack.
Emirati First Lieutenant Tariq Al Shehi and two Bahraini policemen were killed when the improvised device exploded as security forces tried to disperse protesters in the village of Daih, near Manama in March 2014.
The three men were sentenced to death and seven others received life sentences in 2015 A court of cassation in October ordered a retrial in the case and the men received the same sentences in December.
Monday’s ruling was the final appeal and the court of cassation once again rejected the defendents’ objection and upheld the sentences, the Bahrain News Agency reported
Lt Al Shehi was part of the Saudi-led Gulf force which was deployed in Bahrain in March 2011 to boost Bahraini security forces in quelling a protests.
*Agence France-Presse
