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Yemeni student bomber of US embassy dies in prison
A Yemeni man convicted of throwing two hand grenades at the US embassy in Sana'a in 2002, died in prison last week because of a brain clot.
- By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent
- Published: 23:37 June 30, 2008
Sana'a: A Yemeni man convicted of throwing two hand grenades at the US embassy in Sana'a in 2002, died in prison last week because of a brain clot.
The director of Sana'a central prison, Mutahasr Ali Naji Al Shuaibi, on Monday said that Sameer Yahya Awad Al Deri died on Saturday morning at the prison clinic because of a surprise brain clot.
The official denied allegations that the man was poisoned, saying that the clot formed while he was under treatment for a wound in the leg.
The body was sent to Al Jumhuri hospital to find out the reasons behind the death according to a decree from the prosecutor general, the official said.
Al Deri, a university student in his 30s, was sentenced to prison for throwing two hand grenades at the outer wall of the US embassy in Sana'a on March 2002, injuring no one.
'Bias towards Israel'
The appeals court commuted Al Deri's sentence to seven years. He had about nine months of the jail term left. The defendant said earlier that he had attacked the US embassy because the United States was "biased towards Israel".
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