Yemeni court upholds sentences
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July 12, 2010, Monday
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A YEMENI appeals court upheld yesterday the death sentences against four al-Qaida militants in deadly attacks that included the assault on the United States Embassy and the killing of two Belgians in 2008, an official said.
The four were convicted last year as part of an al-Qaida cell behind the March 2008 attack on the embassy that killed a school guard in an adjacent building. The men were also convicted of killing two Belgian women tourists in January 2008.
The official said the appeals court yesterday overturned the death sentences of two other militants from the same cell who were convicted of attacks on police in southern Hadramut province, and sentenced them to 12 years each instead.
Yemen, a country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula and the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, has struggled to confront an increasing al-Qaida presence.
Besides the cases of the six militants, the court in San'a also upheld sentences of up to 15 years jail against 10 other militants, including four Syrians and a Saudi man, for masterminding the attacks. The cell was also accused of waging successive attacks on police and oil installations.
The four were convicted last year as part of an al-Qaida cell behind the March 2008 attack on the embassy that killed a school guard in an adjacent building. The men were also convicted of killing two Belgian women tourists in January 2008.
The official said the appeals court yesterday overturned the death sentences of two other militants from the same cell who were convicted of attacks on police in southern Hadramut province, and sentenced them to 12 years each instead.
Yemen, a country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula and the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, has struggled to confront an increasing al-Qaida presence.
Besides the cases of the six militants, the court in San'a also upheld sentences of up to 15 years jail against 10 other militants, including four Syrians and a Saudi man, for masterminding the attacks. The cell was also accused of waging successive attacks on police and oil installations.
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