[Al Ahram] A Bahraini court sentenced seven Shia men to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for the attempted murder of a police officer in August 2012, a judicial source said.An eighth Shia was sentenced to three years in prison while two others, on trial over the same case, were acquitted, the source said.
The group were also accused of setting a cop shoppe ablaze in the Shia village of Sitra using petrol bombs and of taking part in an "unauthorised gathering," according to the charge sheet.