Bahrain jails 57 Shiites for prison mutiny: judicial source

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AFP Dubai
Last Updated : Jan 25 2016 | 4:32 PM IST
A court in Bahrain today handed 15-year additional jail sentences to 57 inmates involved in a prison mutiny, a judicial source said.
The inmates were convicted of rioting and mutiny following the outbreak of unrest at the Jaw prison south of the capital Manama last March, the source said.

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First Published: Jan 25 2016 | 4:32 PM IST

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