A Bahrain court sentenced 24 citizens to prison and stripped them of their nationality after finding them guilty of forming a "terrorist group", AFP reported Thursday (April 19th).
Other charges included travelling to Iraq and Iran for "weapons and explosives training" and attempted murder of police officers.
The High Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced 10 of the defendants to life in prison, 10 to a decade behind bars and the other four to jail terms ranging from three to five years.
Authorities on Wednesday also referred to trial seven Bahrainis accused of attacking an oil pipeline to Saudi Arabia in November.
That trial is set for May 10th.
The blast cut off the pipeline linking Bahrain's Bapco refinery with oil giant Aramco's main pumping station in Saudi Arabia's Dhahran province.
Manama in February said it had arrested four men suspected of attacking the pipeline, accusing Iran of training and arming two of them, which Tehran denied.
