Bahrain confirms detention of six persons planning for grave attacks

The Bahraini ministry of the interior stressed that the security forces detained persons before they were able to carry out what it described as grave operations which would have inflected great danger on people and their properties.

The Bahraini official news agency quoted the foreign minister, lt. Gen. Al-Sheikh Rashed bin Abdullah al-Khaleifa, as saying that the detention was made to prevent "committing grave works" by using "dangerous materials" constitute a danger on lives and properties.

He explained that the detention came after receiving information from the security forces and after large scale inspections in several areas, stressing that the documents of the file will be brought to the attorney general after the completion of measures.

The lawyer of the detainees Abdullah Hashem said that no accusations were addressed to the detainees, but there are saying on " their affiliation to al-Qaida."

Hashem indicated that many of them were detained in 2003 under similar allegations but were released without addressing any accusations to them.

He said that the detainees are Bassam alo-Ali, brothers Yasser and Omar Abdullah Kamal, Mohey Eddin Mahmoud Khan and his brother Ali and Bassam Abdullah.

Bassam al-Ali ( 48 year old ) is one of the six accused persons and detained by the Bahrain's authorities in February 2003 under the accusation of affiliation to a " terrorist cell." The authorities announced it found weapons and ammunition with members of this cell, noting that they were prepared to be used against the Bahraini interests.