Prisonment sentences given to bombers in Qatar

A Qatari court on Sunday sentenced ten Qataris accused of bombing a governmental building in October 1996 to imprisonment.

The decision taken by the court specified the five suspects persons and a sixth person who was sentenced for three years in jail were found guilty in the failed attempt to bomb the headquarters building of the immigration department under accusations of killing, forming an illegal organization aimed at destroying public properties and owning unlicensed explosives.

The court handed down sentences of ten years in prison against Fawaz Ali Suleiman al-Muhannadi, Saeed Seif Saleh al-Oseiri, Ibrahim Seif Saleh al-Oseiri and Hamad Seif Saleh al-Oseiri. Muhammad Ali Salem al-Shamisi was also convicted under the same charges.

The court also sentenced Khatam Rashed Khatem al-Nueimi to three years imprisonment and found another suspect, Ali Salem Ali al-Muhshadi, not guilty.