Yemeni Court Sentences 2 Al-Qaida Suspects to Death
VOA News 07 July 2010
A Yemeni court has sentenced two suspected al-Qaida militants to death for a series of lethal attacks against military and police targets last year.
Officials say after their verdicts were read Wednesday, Mansour Saleh Dalil, 18, and Mubarak Ali Hadi al-Shabwani, 23, shouted, "God is great." Dalil said he will appeal his verdict, while al-Shabwani rejected the legitimacy of the court.
The Sana'a court convicted the pair of being part of an armed gang that killed nine people in 2009. Prosecutors said Dalil and al-Shabwani killed three security officials and their two bodyguards in November when they ambushed their vehicle in the southern province of Hadramut.
The two were also convicted of killing a Yemeni solider in eastern Marib province last July when they attacked a military truck carrying weapons and ammunition.
Prosecutors said when police tried to arrest the militants after the attack, the pair killed two security officials and a civilian. Five soldiers also were wounded in the operation.
The two were arrested in December.
Yemen intensified its campaign against al-Qaida after the group's local branch - al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula - claimed responsibility for the failed bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.
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