Prosecution witnesses in the trial of 47 Bahrain doctors and nurses charged with supporting a Shiite-led protest in the kingdom appeared before a military tribunal on Monday, the state news agency BNA reported.
The 24 doctors and 23 nurses from Salmaniya hospital in Manama, not far from the capital’s Pearl Square that became the focal point of protests inspired by the Arab uprisings, are accused of “incitement to overthrow the regime by force.”
The prosecution witnesses told the court that some of the doctor defendants had handed round sachets of blood to be smeared on the injuries of some protesters before they were filmed by television crews.
Others testified that knives and two firearms were seized at the hospital, and that the facility had been used for political gatherings.
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