"The Kuwaiti Islamist scholar Jaber al-Jalahma was arrested by Yemeni anti-terrorism police at Sanaa airport, as he was boarding a Qatar Airways flight" late Thursday, a police official said. "Jalahma is known for his extremist ideas and was arrested many times by Kuwaiti security authorities due to his extremist opinions and attitude."
He added that the "Kuwaiti ambassador in Sanaa has not yet been informed of the Kuwaiti scholar's arrest."
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Sanaa has made no official announcement of the arrest of Jalahma, who, according to the official, arrived in the Yemeni capital some days ago. |