SANA’A: Five Saudis accused of belonging to Al Qaeda and of plotting attacks went on trial yesterday in a Yemeni court set up for terrorism cases, the official Saba news agency reported.
The five men face charges of plotting “in association with an armed group belonging to Al Qaeda to carry out criminal acts against members of the armed and security forces in Yemen,” Saba said.
They are also on trial for “forging identity documents to obtain passports that enable them to visit Sudan and then Syria,” where foreign Islamists have joined rebel forces, a judicial source said. All five defendants have pleaded innocent, the source said.
The next hearing is to take place on September 11. In the latest violence, a senior police officer in the southern province of Shabwa was wounded in a roadside bombing outside his home yesterday. The device, placed at the door of Commander Adlan Al Dalie, exploded as he left his house, said the official, accusing Al Qaeda of responsibility. AFP
