Two men suspected of attempting to assassinate the editor of a Bahrain newspaper have been arrested early this morning. The duo, aged 27 and 21, have admitted attacking Al Watan managing editor Muhannad Abu Zeitoun, Public Security chief Major General Tariq bin Dayna said. They have been referred to the Public Prosecution, he said. Mr [...]
A Bahraini man, who allegedly sexually assaulted another, offered the victim BD3,000, a horse and a goat to drop the charges, a Bahrain court heard yesterday. Despite the charges being dropped, the court adjourned the case until next month to issue a verdict. The 29-year-old defendant, who is standing trial in the Lower Criminal Court, [...]
A MAN accused of embezzling thousands of dinars was yesterday jailed for seven years. The 47-year-old Sudanese, who was standing trial at the High Criminal Court, was also fined BD100,000. Three other Sudanese men involved in the case were acquitted as judges said they did not have enough evidence to convict them. Police received information [...]
A DRIVER stabbed and left for dead in the street after an apparent road rage incident was out of danger in hospital yesterday. Indian Valavath Velayudhan Subhash Valavath Velayudhan, 39, was able to describe to the GDN from his hospital bed how he was dragged from his car and repeatedly stabbed, after a row at [...]
Nine men standing trial for murder inflicted injuries on themselves and tried to pass it off as police torture, a medical examiner told Bahrain’s High Criminal Court yesterday. The Bahrainis claimed they were beaten into confessing by police, but Dr Hatim Mahmood Nabeel told judges that was unlikely during a gruelling two-and-a-half hour session. They [...]
A Bangladishi who bit his colleague’s finger in a row was yesterday jailed for three years by the High Criminal Court. Judges also ordered his immediate deportation upon completion of the sentence. The 37-year-old defendant bit his fellow countryman’s left index finger in a row over money, causing five per cent disability.
BAHRAIN could soon emerge as the virus capital of the Gulf if action is not taken to clean up the country’s computers, it was declared yesterday. According to reports, more than 16 per cent of infected PCs and laptops in the region can be found here and the figure is constantly rising, said Roshcomm chief [...]
A rally demanding the release of 26 suspects allegedly involved in the killing of two Pakistanis, including a policeman, will be held tomorrow. The event, which will begin near the Bahrain Mall, is being organised by 13 political figures, including Hassan Mushaima, Shaikh Isa Al Jowder and Shaikh Mohammed Habib Al Meqdad. It will start [...]
Three men, who abducted and gang-raped a Filipina in Manama, were yesterday jailed for 15 years each. The Bahrainis, aged 19, 20 and 21, snatched the woman off the streets as she was walking home from work late at night last September. They were convicted of abduction, rape and theft by the High Criminal Court, [...]
It’s business as usual for Bahraini dhow owner Abdulla Al Kobaisi, still free despite being jailed for five years over a disaster in which 58 people drowned.
