AlHijjah 27, 1435, Oct 21, 2014, SPA -- Three defendants were today sentenced to different penalties, with two receiving death penalty and the third a 12-year term of imprisonment. They face several accusations, including embracing deviant expiatory thinking that is contradictory to the Quran and Sunnah (prophet Mohammed's sayings and deeds), disobeying the King's instructions of not joining terrorist-led fighting abroad, joining an extremist group inside the country, using the media to support terror cells and provide shelter for some wanted men, financing terror and terrorist operations, taking part in activities that led to the killing of suspect persons to be enemies of their groups, keeping contact with deviant groups inside and outside the country, and calling for killing foreigners residing inside the Kingdom as well as prominent Ulemas, security officers, investigators, literate men, special emergency forces command, taking part in anti-government demonstrations and riot in Al-Awamiyah, Qatif Province, manufacturing and using hand-made grenades and Molotov bombs against security men, robbing businesses, particularly pharmacies, to provide the injured of their side with medicine, attacking security patrols with bombs and shells and other grave crimes. Accordingly, they were given 30 days to appeal.
