SANAA - Yemen is due to put 60 more suspected Al Qaeda members on trial soon, a news report said on Thursday. The Defence Ministry’s newspaper, 26 September, said security authorities had “completed interrogations with all men detained over suspected links to al-Qaeda or terror acts.” Quoting official sources, the newspaper said prosecutors reviewed files of more than 170 detainees and found out that only 60 suspects could be sent to trial.
Meanwhile, the paper said security officers would stand trial before a military court next week over their negligence in the escape of 23 al-Qaeda operatives from a high-security jail in SanaÂ’a last February. Authorities have said that eight of the 23 escapees surrendered or were recaptured. |