Bahrain’s chief prosecutor Osama al-Oufi, has named a Bahraini citizen who lives in Iran as a main suspect in planning “terrorist acts.”
“on December 28, a report from the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Forensic Evidence indicating that Ali Ahmed Mafoudh Al Moussawi, a Bahraini national currently residing in Iran, is accused of planning to commit terrorist acts and planting explosives targeting vital installations and sovereign and security locations in the Kingdom of Bahrain,” Bahrain’s chief prosecutor said in a statement.
“He is also accused of jeopardizing the safety and security of the Kingdom, injuring persons, terrorizing citizens and residents, disturbing public peace, spreading chaos, and preventing Government institutions and authorities from performing their functions,” he added.
“The accused recruited a number of persons, formed an organized group to smuggle various weapons and explosives into the Kingdom, and carry out assignments to commit terrorist acts. In executing this plan, the accused succeeded in recruiting a number of persons in Bahrain to join the group, arranged for their travel to Iran to receive training on the use of weapons and explosives, martial arts, marine navigation skills, and methods of smuggling and concealing weapons, munitions and explosives into Bahrain.”
“The members of that group actually succeeded in smuggling and concealing a shipment of weapons and explosives into the Kingdom. Investigations also revealed that Ali Al Moussawi had called upon one of the leaders of the group to meet him in Iraq to coordinate the smuggling of another shipment of explosives and weapons.”