Death sentences handed down to two al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramut.info/sabanews.net - 07/072010
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The Specialized Penal Court in Sana'a sentenced on Wednesday two Yemenis to death after convicting them of having links with al Qaeda and forming an armed gang in Marib Province.
They were also convicted of killing officers, soldiers and a civilian as well as fighting the authorities and looting military vehicles in 2009.The trial of Mansour SalehDaleel, 18, and Mubarak Al-Shabwani, 23, opened in mid-June.
In the first hearing, prosecution said the suspects had weapons including explosives and communication to carry out their attacks. Prosecution also said that policemen were killed on hunting the two while committing and trying attacks against the security forces.
After reviewing arguments, evidence and confessions of the two suspects, the court convicted them of having ties with al-Qaeda and committing crimes.
Daleel and al-Shabwani were arrested in December last year.
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