Qaeda suspects on trial for plot to kill Yemeni leader
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The trial of nine al-Qaeda suspects accused of plotting to assassinate Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi by placing a roadside kaboom on his motorcade route in Sanaa began Sunday.
The defendants are charged with "being part of an gang belonging to al-Qaeda to carry out criminal acts targeting members of the public authorities and foreigners."
Six of the defendants had placed an "bomb on the Sittin road through which the president's convoy regularly passes... aiming to kill the president and his lover companions," according to charges published by the official Saba news agency.
Posted by: Fred 2013-11-11 |