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Bahrain6 October 20181 min read

Police attacker loses appeal

By Ali Tarif. The High Appeals Court upheld the sentence issued against a man convicted of attacking police officers and possessing firebombs. The defendant was among 22 suspects, aged between 15 and 26, tried in the case. The defendants are said to have staged a riot in Sitra on September 1,

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Published 6 October 2018, 8:00 · Updated 22:10

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Police attacker loses appeal

The High Appeals Court upheld the sentence issued against a man convicted of attacking police officers and possessing firebombs. The defendant was among 22 suspects, aged between 15 and 26, tried in the case.

The defendants are said to have staged a riot in Sitra on September 1, 2018. The incident left two police officers wounded and investigations uncovered the identity of 22 defendants.

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