SANAA â A Yemeni court yesterday began the trial of two men accused of trying to assassinate the US ambassador to the country with a hand grenade last year.âHouzam Al Maas and Khalid Al Halilah plotted in 2004 to kill the US ambassador. They accumulated weapons, monitored his movements and tried to throw a hand grenade at him as he was entering a shop,â a state prosecutor told the court.
Maas pleaded guilty to attempting to kill the ambassador, but told the state security court he was psychologically ill.
| "I was insufficient in my faith! That's clearly a mental illness, yer honor!" |