4 SUBVERSIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH, 11 TO PRISON

SANA'A, Oct. 27 (Saba) - Yemen handed down on Tuesday death sentences to four subversives after convicting them of forming an armed gang to fight the troops in support for the Houthi insurgents.

The State Penal Court also sentenced 11 others to jail terms ranging form 5 to 15 years.

The convicted were all members of one of the Bani Hushaish groups, named after the district they come from, accused of supporting the rebels.

The verdict comes within a series of rulings against the groups tried over fighting the army in the district of Bani Hushaish in Sana'a.

So far this month, 12 subversives were sentenced to death and 15 others were given jail terms ranging from 8 to 15 years.

In July, Yemen sentenced 10 to death and 11 to jail terms. The sentenced were convicted of supporting the insurgents.

They were also convicted of attacking the people and looting their properties.

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