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SECURITY FORCES SHELL VILLAGE
Security
forces and army units used heavy artillery to shell
Misrakh village in Ta'iz province. The move came when
people guarding a small plot of land against
confiscation resisted arrest. First reports said at
least five people were injured and eight houses were
destroyed. Report: AP/Ananova
KIDNAPPER GETS 20 YEARS
A 25-year-old Yemeni has been jailed for 20 years for kidnapping. Other
members of the gang are still at large. Report: Reuters.
Background: Yemen
Gateway.
MURDERS CONFIRMED
German experts, called in the investigate the "morgue
murders" case, have confirmed that two of the alleged
victims were murdered. Report: Reuters
KIDNAPPED
NORWEGIAN SHOT DEAD
A
Norwegian diplomat has been shot dead in Yemen after
he and his eight-year old son were kidnapped by armed
men. Reports: Yemen
Times, AFP,
BBC
DEATH SENTENCES
FOR KIDNAPPING
Seven Yemenis have been sentenced to death, and 21 others to
jail terms of up to 15 years. Eighteen of the 28 people
convicted - including the group's alleged leader - were tried
in their absence. Report: Reuters
TWO JAILED FOR BOMBINGS
Two men have been jailed for a series of bomb attacks in
southern Yemen. Reports: Reuters,
AFP
CALL FOR EXECUTION OF "RIPPER"
A protest march by more than 10,000 students called for the "Sanaa ripper", who has confessed to raping and
murdering 16 women, be executed. Reports: Reuters,
AFP,
Yemen
Times
15 BODIES FOUND
Investigators in the case of the mortuary murders at Sana'a
university have found the bodies of 15 women. Report: Reuters
MURDER IN THE MORGUE
Police
have arrested a Sudanese assistant at Sana'a
University's medical school on suspicion of raping and
murdering up to 16 women. There are reports that the
man, who worked in the mortuary and taught students
how to carry out autopsies, sold his victims'
body parts to customers outside Yemen. Reports:
AP/CNN,
BBC.
Suspect "killed 11 more women in Sudan": BBC
"SORCERER" IS A YEMENI
The
Saudi interior minister, Prince Nayef, says the
"sorcerer" arrested on April 23 is a
Yemeni. The arrested man, Hussein Ismail
al-Makrami, was imam of the Ismailis' main
mosque in Najran, close to the border with
Yemen. A Saudi security
officer was killed when disturbances broke out
following the arrest. Reports: AFP,
ABC
News
KIDNAP SUSPECT ARRESTED
The Yemeni authorities have arrested a man suspected of kidnapping
foreigners. He is also accused of murder and armed assaults. The identity
of the kidnap victims has not been disclosed. Reports: ArabicNews,
Reuters,
BBC
FOUR DIE IN PRIVATE JAIL
April 24: Four men have died after being imprisoned by sheikhs
Nasser and Ali al-Mikdad in Dhamar province. There are numerous
tribal prisons in Yemen, though the government has attempted to
close some of them. Report: Yemen
Times
YEMENI PLANE
"VIOLATED NIGERIAN AIR SPACE"
A Yemeni airliner which had been
detained in Kano since Saturday for violating Nigeria's air
space has now been allowed to leave. Report: AFP
STUDENTS CALLED TO FIGHT IN CHECHNYA
Several Yemeni students say they have been offered large sums
of money to fight in Chechnya. Report: Yemen
Times
- Bin Laden funding military training for
British and Yemeni terrorists: The
Times
- Abu Hamza and the
Islamic Army: Yemen
Gateway
BRITONS' SENTENCES
UPHELD
April 16:
Yemen's Supreme Court has upheld jail sentences against seven
Britons convicted on terrorism charges. Report: Reuters
YEMENI
BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
April 3:
A Yemeni convicted of kidnapping and sexually abusing a boy
was beheaded in Najran, Saudi Arabia. It was the
15th beheading in Saudi Arabia this year. Last year, at least
99 people were executed. Report: AP
YEMENI ON TERROR
CHARGES
A Yemeni is among 28 people indicted in Jordan on terrorism
charges. The authorities say the suspects are linked to Osama
bin Laden. Report: UPI
SHEIKH
MURDERED
Sheikh Hassan Mohammed Manna'a (a businessman and a
prominent figure in the Islah party) was shot dead on March 25
while leaving his house in Sa'ada. A man has been arrested,
but the motive for the murder is not clear. Report: Yemen
Times
TRIBAL
BARRICADE NEAR MARIB
The Obaidah tribe has set up a road block 5 km from Marib
because of a dispute with the Bani Hareth tribe over
employment at the Janah Hunt Oil field. Report: Yemen
Times
CLASH IN
TAHRIR SQUARE
The son of "an
influential man" was involved in an armed clash in Tahrir
Square, Sana'a. Report: Yemen
Times
COMPANY
TO BE PROSECUTED
The government is to prosecute al-Monkid, the well-known
investment company, for allegedly violating business
regulations. The firm was recently accused of involvement in
the kidnapping of an American oil worker. Report: Yemen
Times
JUDGE SEEKS ASYLUM
A prominent Yemeni judge is seeking political asylum in the
west. Report: Yemen
Times
MYSTERY
OF MISSING STUDENT
A 22-year-old female student from the UAE has been missing in
Yemen since last December. Her family believe she has been
kidnapped. Report: Gulf
News
DUTCH
MAN
SHOT DEAD
A Dutch man and a Yemeni
working on a project to develop small industries have been
shot dead by a colleague at their office in Sana'a. Reports:
Reuters,
UPI
SAUDIS IN KIDNAP TRIAL
Eight men, including two Saudis, have gone on trial, accused of plotting to
kidnap foreigners and "obtaining money by fraud and forging official
Saudi and Yemeni documents." Report: Reuters/ABC
GOVERNOR IN GUN BATTLE
The governor of al-Dali' province survived an assassination attempt on
February 15. His security men returned fire in a gun battle which lasted for
about an hour. Reports: al-Ayyam
(Arabic), Reuters
U.S. ISSUES TRAVEL WARNING
The United States has revised - and hardened - its advice on travel to
Yemen. Report: UPI
PLAN TO DESTROY LAND MINES
Yemen is to destroy a stockpile of 10,000 anti-personnel mines as part of
its commitment to an international treaty banning the weapons. Report: Reuters
JAIL FOR BOMBING ATTEMPT
A 19-year-old youth has been jailed for three years for attempting to blow
up Yemen's main oil pipeline. Report: Reuters
TEENAGER ON SABOTAGE CHARGE
A 19-year-old youth has gone on trial, accused of attempting to bomb Yemen's
main oil pipeline. Report: Reuters
YEMEN BLAMES FOREIGN PLOTS
Yemen says "foreign fronts" are behind kidnappings
and their aim is to damage the country's reputation and
stability. Report: ArabicNews
PIRATE ATTACK
An Australian woman was shot and wounded when she and her
partner were attacked in their catamaran by pirates. Report: AFP
ISLAH LEADERS "BEHIND
KIDNAP"
The government has accused leaders of the main opposition
party, Islah, of being behind the abduction of an American oil
worker. Reports: AFP,
AP.
American was snatched from his bed: Yemen
Times.
Kidnap Chronicle: Yemen
Gateway.
ARMS GUARANTEES HALTED
Britain is to stop underwriting arms loans to a further 22 developing countries, including
Yemen. Report: AP
"JACKAL" SENTENCE
Johannes Weinrich, a close associate of Carlos "the
Jackal", was sentenced to life imprisonment on January 17 by a German court for
his part in the 1983 bombing of a French cultural center in West
Berlin. Weinrich was eventually found in Yemen and extradited to
Germany in 1995.
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