Court postpones trial of nine terrorists

The Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned the trial of nine men accused of receiving military and explosives’ manufacturing training at Hezbollah camps in Iraq back in 2017. The Court will hear the case on June 11. Only one of the 9 defendants is in police custody.

Rest of them are tried in absentia, as they all escaped to a foreign country. Court files show the suspects travelled to Iraq to receive military training on different firearms and explosives for carrying out terrorist attacks in Bahrain. Four of the suspects coordinated the training programme.

The training focused on handling RPG launchers, using and manufacturing explosive devices, the use of firearms such as AK-47 rifles, PK machine guns and sniper rifles. Suspect, in custody, travelled to Bahrain from Iraq and to Holland. Police arrested him on his way back to Bahrain.

In 2017, the Public Prosecution accused the defendants of joining a terrorist group, practising terrorist activities and recruiting men to join their group, serving terrorist purposes, in addition to receiving military training abroad and facilitating it for others.