Court sentences al-Qaeda members to death in Sanaa

SANAA, Oct. 05 (YPA) – A court in the capital Sanaa sentenced on Tuesday 2 al-Qaeda members, including a Kenyan, to death, and imprisoned 3 others, including a Saudi.

The court, in its session, headed by Judge Mohammed Mufleh, decided to sentence the second and third defendants, namely Rashid Ali Jarb Al-Makani Abu Shaaban, a Kenyan, and Khaled Essam Ahmed Omar Al-Makani, Izz Al-Din Al-Adani, to death.

The convicted were arrested while participating in the fight with armed gang of the so-called al-Qaeda and the terrorist Daesh backed by the Saudi-led coalition forces in Bayda province.

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