Bahrain arrests former Shiite opposition lawmaker on terrorism charges after trip to Iran
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this May 1, 2015 file photo, a small group of Bahraini men, carrying national flags and signs supporting political prisoners, march quickly between police patrols, on the lookout for violators of a protest ban, in Manama, Bahrain. Bahrain's Interior Ministry announced late Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, that it had detained a former Shiite opposition lawmaker on charges related to financing terrorism and involvement in a bombing that killed two policemen in July. The statement said he was detained last Tuesday at Bahrain International Airport upon returning from a visit to Iran, without naming him. The opposition group al-Wefaq says the former lawmaker under arrest is Hasan Isa, a prominent Bahraini cleric. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File) (The Associated Press)
Bahrain's Interior Ministry has detained a former Shiite opposition lawmaker on charges related to financing terrorism and involvement in a bombing that killed two policemen last month.
The ministry announced the arrest of the lawmaker late Sunday, saying in a statement that he was detained last Tuesday at Bahrain International Airport upon returning from a visit to Iran. The statement did not identify the lawmaker.
The opposition group al-Wefaq says the former lawmaker under arrest is Hasan Isa, a prominent Bahraini cleric. Al-Wefaq said in a statement that Isa's lawyers were not allowed to see him or sit in on his interrogation.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Interior Ministry statement says the suspect distributed money he'd raised during rallies to wanted fugitives and a "terrorist group," without providing further details.