Bahraini court sentences 5 anti-regime activists to life in jail

A court in Bahrain has sentenced five people to life imprisonment over alleged involvement in attacks against Aal-e Khalifah regime forces and possession of explosives.

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court ruled on Wednesday that the accused had carried out a bombing attack against regime forces, possessed and produced explosives without license, and destroyed public properties, the al-Wasat daily reported.

The court also ordered the defendants to pay 250 Bahraini dinars (US 663 dollars) in indemnities.

They were arrested in the aftermath of a parcel bomb explosion in the village of Ma'ameer on August 14, 2015 even though no police officer was injured in the incident.

Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the kingdom in mid-February 2011.

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