Death sentences handed down to two al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen

SANA'A, July 07
(Saba) - 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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