The Fourth High Criminal Court, presided by Judge Ali bin Khalifa Al-Dhahrani, membership of Shaikh Hamad bin Salman Al Khalifa and Jassim Al-Ajlan and Secretary Abdullah Mohammed, decided to adjourn the case of the accused of the formation of a terror cell under the name of (Imam Army) to the next meeting of September 22 for the final pleading session and allowing the new lawyers a copy of the case papers, following the withdrawal of the some lawyers from the case during the previous session. Defense witnesses during the hearing, said the financial transactions made by the defendants were for the purpose of trade.
Prosecution witness said that the defendants had planned to target Shaikh Isa Air Base, the Ministry of Interior and other sensitive sites in the country and pointed the involvement of one of the security men in this case, who is currently at large, whose role was to receive and secure accommodation in the Sultanate of Oman for people on their way to Iran.
In last February, Public Security Chief, Major General Tariq Al-Hassan had announced that the National Security Agency received security intelligence information that reported a group of individuals seeking the formation of a terrorist cell under the name of the Army of Imam aimed at attacking sensitive civilian and military sites as well as official figures.
He explained the information revealed that the terrorist cell comprised of Bahraini individuals live in the country and others living abroad, in addition to a number of individuals of other nationalities, and that there are 4 accused still at large.
He added they received training on the use of weapons, high explosives, means of collecting information, filming of locations and recruitment coordination, in Iran by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and in Iraq by the Iraqi Hezbollah, and the total financial support the terrorist cell received was approximately $80,000.