Yemen
Handed down on Monday death sentence to Hisham Muhammad Ahmed Asim, 19, after
convicting him of killing a Frenchman under criminal motives and under
incitement from Al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar Al-Awlaki last year.
Asim, who
worked as a guard for the office of the Austrian OMV Group in Sana'a, went on a rampage on October 6 killing the
office director French Javor Henry, 46, and injuring a British security
officer, Jordon Hold, 65.He was
arrested shortly after the incident.Interior
Minister Al-Masri said then personal and criminal motives were behind the
shooting which also bore the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda.Asim's
trial started in November along with a trial in absentia for Anwar Al-Awlaki,
who the authorities said had incited Asim to commit the murder.Today,
the Specialized Penal Court also sentenced Anwar Al-Awlaki to ten years and
Othman Al-Awlaki to eight years in prison, with both sentences for charges of
inciting to kill foreigners.The court
ruled the three formed an armed group to target foreigners.Appeals
against the conviction were submitted by the defendants' lawyers after delivering the ruling.