Court accepts request to retry death row convicts

The Cassation Court accepted the request to retry two men facing the death penalty in light of new medical reports, announced the Public Prosecution.

The two Bahraini defendants are implicated in a bomb blast that killed an officer and injured five others. Mohammed Ramadan Hussein, a 31-year-old former employee at the Bahrain International Airport, and Hussein Moussa Mohammed, a 27-year-old former hotel employee, received the capital punishment after they were convicted of premeditated murder, attempted murder, detonating and possessing an explosive device, participating in an illegal gathering and possessing Molotov cocktails. Seven other men accused in the case were sent to six years behind bars each.