Three Bahrainis have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for exploding a car last year in Manama, the country's capital city, according to a report by Agence France Presse.
The unnamed defendants were convicted Tuesday of "placing a gas cylinder" inside a car in Manama in February to blow it up "in a bid to terrorise" the community, the official BNA news agency reported.
They were also convicted of "deliberately starting a fire to endanger the lives of people" and "possessing petrol bombs," it said, quoting a prosecution statement.
It was not mentioned if there were any causalities as a result of the attack.
There has been significant unrest and protests against the government throughout Bahrain, especially in light of the arrest of opposition leader Sheikh Salman in late December 2014 over alleged anti-regime incitements.
The 49-year-old cleric is charged with “promoting regime change by force, threats, and illegal means, and of insulting the Interior Ministry publicly,” said Bahraini prosecutor Nayef Mahmud.
