Fuel station attack: Four men in the dock
Four men reportedly attempted to bomb Sakhir fuel station, court files read.
They are said to have attacked the station at 2am on November 13 two years ago with firebombs, and placed a gas cylinder in the middle of the property in a bid to detonate it.
They also tried to attack the employees of the station, but failed because they locked up themselves in a small room in the station.
“One of them threatened me with a knife, and I fled. Soon after I left the station, one of the pumps caught fire,” a worker told prosecutors.
“The fire spread to the other pumps, but it was later put out by civil defence personnel. Fortunately, no cars were in the station at the time,” he added.
A member in the National Guard was nearby the station when the incident happened, and he said that he tried to pursue the culprits.
He, however, managed to note down the registration number of the vehicle that the culprits used to flee from the scene.
The defendants have been charged with attempting to bomb a private property and arson as well as possessing firebombs and threatening an employee with a knife.
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