Bahrain jails protesters for bus shooting

A Bahraini court jailed three people for life and sentenced another to 15 years on Thursday for attacking a bus during a protest in a village.

Quoted by the official BNA news agency, prosecutor Ahmed al-Hammadi said the four had attacked the bus during a protest that blocked a highway near the village of Sanabis in November 2014.

The four intercepted the approaching bus during the protest, set it alight and opened fire on its driver "in an attempt to kill him and those aboard," Hammadi said.

No casualties were reported in the incident and it was unclear why the protesters may have targeted the bus, which the statement said belonged to a private company in Bahrain.