Four al-Qaeda suspects stand trial in Yemen

SANA'A, Sep. 20 (Saba)- Four al-Qaeda
suspects, including a German and an Iraqi, stood trial on Monday at the state
security
court in Sana'a.
The defendants were accused of planning to carry out criminal acts against Yemeni
and foreign interests and tourists in the country.
The defendants were two Yemenis, Badr Ahmed Al-Hassani and Saddam Ali Abdullah
Saleh al-Rimi, a German, Rami Hens and an Iraqi, Abdullah Musaed al-Rawi.
At the first hearing, they were accused of participating in a criminal conspiracy
to commit criminal acts and planning to target foreign tourists and interests as
well as
vital government and military installations in the country. They also were accused
of training to use weapons and forming cells to carry out suicide attacks.
In the end of the hearing, the court decided to continue the case of the four
al-Qaeda suspects on October 03.
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