MANAMA – Thirteen Bahrainis were sentenced to life in prison after they were convicted of trying to kill two policemen by attacking their vehicle and of taking part in an illegal protest, their lawyer said on Monday. Another man was jailed for 10 years over the same attack and protest. Bahraini media said Sunday's defendants were accused of attacking two officers in March 2012 as young men threw Molotov cocktails at police during a protest in the Shi'ite village of Bilad Al-Qadeem. Lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajer said he would file an appeal. Last week, the country's criminal court sentenced 26 Bahrainis to 10 years in jail each for attacking a police station in Sitra in Bahrain's northeast, a defense lawyer said. – Reuters
