Three shot dead in battle at sea
Manama : Security forces shot dead three wanted fugitives in a gun battle and arrested several others in two separate operations early morning yesterday, the ministry of Interior has confirmed.
Those shot dead while attempting to flee Bahrain waters to Iran were fugitives who escaped the Jau prison during an attack on January 1 in which a police officer Abdul Salam Saif was killed.
The fugitives were killed in an exchange of fire with the security forces while attempting to flee to Iran by boat. Those killed in the gunfire were:
Redha Abdulla Isa Al Ghasra, 29, a fugitive sentenced to 79 years and life imprisonment, Mahmood Yousif Habib Hasan Yahya, 22, and Mustafa Yousif Yousif Abd Ali, 35.
According to Bahrain’s Coastguard the operation took place at dawn.
“At 5.28am a vessel seeking to leave Bahraini borders and heading towards Iranian waters was monitored and intercepted in an area south of Mina Khalifa Port. Requests to halt and warnings of interception were ignored, upon which coastguard personnel came under fire from the vessel and self-protective fire was returned by Coastguard personnel,” a Coastguard spokesman said.
A Kalashnikov assault rifle, a GPS system, satellite phone, ID cards, money and personal items, were seized from the vessel.
The arrested are: Mohamed Jassim Mohamed Jassim Al Abid, 28, Hamid Jassim Mohamed Jassim Al Abid, 28, and Hasan Ali Mohamed Fardan Al Shakar, 22, Hani Younis Yousif Ali, 21, Ahmed Ali Ahmed Yousif, 20, Ali Hasan Ali Saleh, 38, and Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa Al Malali, 23, all were involved in the attack on Jau Prison, aiding and abetting fugitives, the Interior Ministry said.
In the second operation related to the murder of the police officer First Lt. Hisham Al Hammadi in the Jau prison attack case several individuals have been arrested.
Two Kalashinkov’s seized
Two Kalashnikov rifles and three firearms were seized from them. The arrested are: Ali Mohamed Ali Mohamed Hakeem Al Arab, 23, who is considered the main suspect in the shooting of First Lt. Hisham Al Hammadi, and Ahmed Mohamed Saleh Al Shaikh, 26, a convicted terrorist who escaped from Jau Prison who was serving a 73-year prison sentence.
The joint-security operation was carried out by the General Directorate for Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science, the Special Security Force, and the National Security Agency, the Interior Ministry said. The General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science has referred the cases to the Public Prosecution.
Intensive investigations and security operations are underway to apprehend other fugitives, who escaped the Jau prison, the Interior Ministry said. They are: Ammar Abdullah Issa Abdul-Hussein, 28, sentenced to two years’ and life imprisonment; Mohammad Ibrahim Al Mulla Al Tooq, 26, sentenced to 28 years’ imprisonment; Hassan Abdullah Issa Abdul-Hussein, 24, sentenced to life imprisonment; Issa Musa Abdullah Hassan, 24, sentenced to life imprisonment; Hussein Attia Mohammed Saleh, 37, sentenced to life imprisonment; Sadiq Jaafar Salman Hussein, 27, sentenced to 41 years’ and life imprisonment; Abdul Hussain Juma Hassan Ahmed Al Anesi, 31, sentenced to life imprisonment; Hussein Jassim Isa Jassim Al Banna, 27, sentenced to 43 years’ imprisonment.
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