Reuters: Bahrain Executes Three Shi'ites Convicted of Killing Policemen
2017-01-15 - 6:21 p
Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahraini authorities on Sunday executed three Shi'ite Muslim men convicted of killing an Emirati police officer and two Bahraini policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, in a move likely to stoke protests in the restive Gulf island kingdom.
The executions came less than a week after the country's highest court confirmed the punishment against Abbas al-Samea, Sami Mushaima and Ali al-Singace, the first death sentences to be carried out since 2008.
State news agency BNA said the men were executed by firing squad in the presence of a judge, doctor and a Muslim cleric.
"Arab Spring" demonstrations led by Bahrain's Shi'ite majority were crushed by the Sunni-ruled government with help from its Gulf Arab neighbours, deepening sectarian rivalry in the war-damaged region.
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