MANAMA: A former soldier, who accused Bahrain’s security personnel of planting weapons during a 2011 operation to evict protesters from the old Pearl Roundabout, is a fugitive who has already been convicted of spying for Qatar and sentenced to death.
The revelation was made yesterday by a BDF spokesman after the soldier – Yasser Athbi Al Jalahma – appeared in a controversial programme aired by Qatar’s Al Jazeera network on Sunday .