Dubai: A Bahraini court has sentenced three defendants to 15 years each in prison after it convicted them of blowing up a car in the capital last year, official media said.
Bahrain remains deeply divided following anti-government protests in 2011 that was quelled by the authorities.
The unnamed defendants were convicted on Tuesday of “placing a gas cylinder” inside a car in Manama in February to blow it up “in a bid to terrorise” the community, the official BNA news agency reported.
They were also convicted of “deliberately starting a fire to endanger the lives of people” and “possessing petrol bombs,” it said, quoting a prosecution statement.
It did not say if the attack had caused any casualties.
Hundreds of people have been jailed on charges linked to anti-government protests in the kingdom.
At least 89 people have been killed in clashes with security forces since 2011.
Bahrain on Tuesday sentenced prominent activist Nabeel Rajab to six months in prison for insulting public institutions in his tweets.
Prosecutors on Monday charged Bahrain’s opposition chief Shaikh Ali Salman with attempting to overthrow the regime and set a January 28 trial date.
