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Monday, December 25, 2017
Bahrain sentences 6 to death for plot to assassinate army head
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain’s top military court sentences six men to death on Monday after convicting them of charges including plotting to assassinate the Gulf state’s armed forces chief, state media reports.
It is the first official mention of any plot against the life of Field Marshal Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, who is a member of the ruling family, but the Bahrain News Agency gives no further details of when or where it was alleged to have taken place.
Tiny but strategic Bahrain has been gripped by unrest for years as its Sunni royal family has resisted demands from its Shiite majority for a constitutional monarchy with an elected prime minister.
A judicial source tells AFP that all six of those sentenced to death on Monday were Shiites.
— AFP
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