Yemen sentences 4 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 Houthi supporters to
death and 11 to jail terms. The sentenced were convicted of forming armed gangs and
fighting
the troops in support for the insurgents. They were also convicted of attacking the
people and looting their properties. FR