Man to face trial today over deadly boat crash

TDT | Manama

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The Minor Criminal Court will open the trial today of a man accused of causing a fatal boat crash, sources have confirmed to The Daily Tribune. He is charged with manslaughter, failing to switch on navigation lights while at sea, shrimp fishing during the seasonal ban, and using a trawling net known locally as Koofa.

The crash took place on the morning of 25 December in Bahrain’s western waters. Two men, aged 55 and 61, one from Karzakan and the other from Manama, died after their boat collided with another. Three others were taken to hospital by