Four suspects in the murder of thee police personnel, including UAE officer, First-Lt. Tariq Al Shehi, may face death sentence or revocation of the nationality if they are convicted, the Public Prosecution said. The three on-duty security personnel were killed in a bomb blast on March 3 in Daih. Other policemen sustained injuries. The Public Prosecution said in a statement on Sunday that the case is criminalised by three laws; the penal code law, the anti-terrorism law concerning explosives, weapons and ammunition, in which the punishment is up to death penalty, as well as the rule by necessity of revocation of citizenship.
The four suspects are Sami Mirza Ahmed Mushaima, Abbas Jamil Tahir Alsameea, Ali Mohammed Jamil Taher Alsameea and Yusuf Ahmed Mohammed Taher Alsameea.
They confessed to the Public Prosecution committing the crime jointly with other accomplices. In details, they stated that they had an advanced agreement to commit the crime by making IED intended for remote detonation by a mobile phone, and then planted it on a public road where it was exploded. Also, to achieve their purpose, they caused riots in the area to be able to ambush the police to the place of bombing, and once the forces reached their, one of the defendants detonated it.
According to the confessions of the accused; it has been proven that they and others manufactured several explosive devices, including the one used in the crime, and it was planted during the night before. Also, they communicated with each other on the day the crime was committed for the purpose of monitoring and targeting the security forces through technical connection programme installed on their mobile phones.
A number of suspects involved in the crime have already been accused of joining terrorist groups, manufacturing and possessing explosives, plotting bombings and arsons and committing acts of rioting and sabotage, as well as overseas training on the use of weapons.