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Robbers get one year in jail

Two young Bahrainis found guilty of robbery have been handed a lighter jail sentence after the judges decided to offer mercy. The suspects were ordered by the High Criminal Court to spend one year behind the bars.

According to court files, the two men, on a motorbike, attacked an Asian man near a hospital in Manama to steal his valuables. “One of the men on the motorbike wore a mask.

They stopped their bike beside me and the masked men drew a knife and held me with his other hand. “He asked me for my wallet and mobile phone.” “And I gave it in a second,” the Asian man told prosecutors. 

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