Sana’a: A total of 28 Al Qaida suspects, including Saudi and Egyptian nationals, are accused of forming an armed gang to carry out terrorist acts in Yemen, a prosecution statement said on Saturday.
The statement identified the Saudi national as Abdullah Faraj Mohammad Al Jawbar, and the Egyptian, who had 11 names, as Ibrahim Mohammad Saleh Al Bana’a.
Seven of the defendants will be tried in absentia including Shaker Bin Hamel, Saleh Bin Ali Jaber, and Mutaz Zabad.
The Hudhrmout prosecution office referred the files of the defendants to the State Security Court on Saturday, without saying when the trial would begin.
The 21 defendants, who will appear in State Security Court, were all arrested in the Hudhrmout area, east of Yemen, in 2008. All of them participated in forming an armed gang to carry out terrorist acts on important economic projects. They also planned to assassinate security and military officials.
The charges against them also include the possession of weapons and explosives, rocket propelled grenades and hand grenades.
