The Head of Public Prosecution, Nawaf Hamza, has stated that the Public Prosecution has completed its investigations into the case of a terrorist cell whose members collaborated with a foreign country to provide military training for the sake of conducting terrorist acts in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The group had plans to target vital facilities and key sites including the King Fahad Causeway, the Saudi Embassy in Bahrain and the Interior Ministry.
The eight defendants are being referred to the High Criminal Court to be tried for espionage, as well as organizing, managing, and/or joining an illegal group that uses terrorism as a means to achieve its purpose. The Public Prosecution relied on evidence ranging from confessions to workbooks and written documents seized in the possession of the accused parties. The documents contained organizational plans and instructions for making bombs. Forensic analysis confirmed that the documents in question were consistent with handwriting samples from the accused, and conversations between the accused parties provide further evidence in the Public Prosecution’s case.
The first court hearing for the case has been set for Monday, January 09, 2012.