Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and membership of judges Dia' Huraidi and Issam-Eldeen Mohammad Khalil and Naji Abdullah as secretariat, sentenced 6 accused to 10 years in prison after convicting them of setting fire to two vehicles belonging to the Bahraini Member of Parliament, Majeed Al-Asfoor, during the Parliamentary elections that took place last October. The fire extended to four other cars as well.

The Public Prosecution stated that the 6 accused, along with a juvenile and other unknown suspects, set fire on October 20, 2014 to the vehicles identified in the documents for a terrorist aim, thus, endangering the lives and properties of people. They also, along with another juvenile, acquired and received flammable and combustible explosives and participated in an assembly of more than 5 people aiming at disturbing public security, and resorting to violence to achieve their goal for which they gathered.

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