Bahrain's highest appeals court on Monday (February 26th) upheld a death sentence and lengthy jail terms in a mass trial over a fatal 2016 bombing that authorities have linked to Iran, AFP reported.
The Court of Cassation upheld capital punishment for one defendant, a life sentence for a second, and lengthy prison terms for six others, according to a statement by the public prosecutor's office.
All eight also have had their Bahraini citizenship revoked.
The 2016 bombing, in the eastern village of Sitra, targeted a police patrol, authorities said at the time. The casualties, however, were civilians -- a woman was killed and her three children wounded.
A criminal court found 10 Bahrainis guilty of charges linked to the attack, including homicide, ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), espionage and "terrorist" activity.
Authorities say two of them are still on the run.
