Bahrain Military Court Sentences 4 Shiite Protesters to Death

A Bahraini military court sentenced four Shiite protesters to death and three others to life in prison Thursday over the of killing two policemen when security forces crushed a pro-democracy protest last month, a Shiite opposition official said.

Ali Abdullah Hasan, Qassem Hasan Mattar, Saeed Abdul Jalil Saeed and Abdul Aziz Abdullah Ibrahim were sentenced to death, ex-MP from Al-Wefaq Shiite opposition group, Matar Matar, told Agence France Presse.

Issa Abdullah Kazem, Sadiq Ali Mahdi and Hussein Jaafar Abdul Karim were sentenced to life in prison, he added.

The seven whose trial began on April 17 had faced charges of premeditated murder.