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‘Attacks were coordinated in Iran’

Manama: Iranian Revolutionary Guards reportedly trained the members of the busted terror cell for “carrying out terrorist crimes inside the country, it was revealed. 

This came into light when the investigators managed to expose one of the cell leaders based in Germany, said Chief of Terror Crime Prosecution Advocate General Ahmed Al Hammadi, adding the person was also responsible for coordinating the travel needs of the cell members. 

“He helped members to go to Iran and Iraq to receive explosives and firearms training at the camps of the Revolutionary Guards before performing crimes in Bahrain.”

Iranian hand

Al Hammadi said the suspects who were arrested also revealed about the existence of the terrorist organisation, its structure as well as the way fugitives in Iran and Iraq communicated with its members in here in the Kingdom. 

They also confessed to having used ammunition of various kinds that had been smuggled into the country.

“The organisation also provided them with the necessary funds for their livelihood,” Al Hammadi said. 

“The organisation provided the members with plans to commit terrorist operations, training to prepare their implementation, weapons and explosives as well as instructions to film the activities with drones to broadcast them for propaganda purposes.”

Leader still at large

Investigators at the Criminal Investigation Department also revealed that one of the leaders, currently in Iran, is continuing his criminal and terrorist activities and plots against Bahrain, Al Hammadi said.  

The terrorist, a wanted, has been sentenced in several cases in the Kingdom.

He had assisted many fugitives in Iran and Iraq to form groups and cells in Bahrain that were eventually busted. He also associated with various terrorist groups in Iran and Iraq to set up a terrorist group in Bahrain. 

“They had prepared several plans to disrupt public order, endanger the safety of the Kingdom, put its security at risk, undermine national unity and obstruct public authorities from carrying out their work,” Al Hammadi revealed.

Weapons and explosives seized

Based on the information and evidence provided, the Public Prosecution inspected the crime scenes, confiscated all weapons and ordered the technical authorities to examine and draft reports. 

The investigations resulted in the seizure of large quantities of explosives, detonators, grenades, firearms, automatic machine guns, guns, and ammunition (7 guns, 4 Kalashnikovs, 292 bullets, 19 explosive devices, 11 ammunition cartridge holders, 96 detonators and a drone). 

Cars and boats used in terrorist crimes and smuggling operations were also confiscated.

Charges levelled against the terror suspects

Possession of machine guns and
explosives in a vessel in the Nabih Salih area on December 1, 2016.

The attack on the Reform and Rehabilitation Centre in Jaw on January 1, 2017 that enabled a number of inmates convicted for terrorist crimes to escape. One policeman was killed and several others wounded during the riot.

The terror attack on a police patrol which injured a police officer in the area of Bani Jamra on January 14, 2017.

The murder of a police officer in the Bilad Al Qadeem area in front of his private farm on January 28, 2017.

The attempt to flee the country and resisting arrest by shooting at the police in the territorial waters of the Kingdom on February 9, 2017. The shooting spree resulted in the death of three terror suspects.

Possession of firearms and explosive materials used in terrorist attacks in the Dair area on February 9, 2017.