Sentenced murderer ‘attacked prison guards for cigarettes’

A Bahraini man convicted in a murder case attacked police officers in Jau Prison because he wanted cigarettes, court files revealed. The defendant is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murder charges, but he will stand another trial for his latest crime.

According to court documents, the inmate is reported to have attacked two prison guards while they were escorting him to the jail clinic for a physical examination. “We took him to the clinic after he said he was feeling tired. After completing the check-ups, he wanted to go to the smoking room and there were complaints about this convict stealing cigarettes from other inmates,” one of the guards attacked by the defendant told prosecutors.