Yemen sentences two Al-Qaeda suspects to death

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Source: Agence France-Presse

SANAA — A court in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday sentenced to death two young men suspected of being Al-Qaeda members for a series of lethal attacks.

The men, Mansour Saleh Salem Daleel, 18, and Mubarak Ali Hadi al-Shabwani, 23, who denied the charges, were arrested on December 11 in the Marib province of eastern Yemen.

The pair were accused of "participating in an armed gang which carried out criminal actions against military and security officials and members of the armed forces," according to the list of charges.

Daleel said he will appeal against the verdict, which Mubarak called "unjust, null and void," rejecting the legitimacy of the Sanaa court specially set up to try terrorism cases.

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