on 3 march 2014, a remotely detonated bomb by protesters in the village of al daih killed 3 police officers. one of the police officers killed was an emirati policeman from the peninsula shield force. the two other officers killed were bahraini policemen. on 15 january 2017, the bahraini government passed a capital punishment sentence of execution by firing squad on three men found guilty for the bomb attack that killed the three security forces.