almotamar.net - The Penal Specialized Court began Monday the first of its sittings for considering the case of attacking the American embassy in Sana'a last December by a 20-year-old young man.

In the session presided by Judge Najib al-Qadiri the court decided retaining the lawyer Nadia al-Khulaidi to defend the accused and paying costs of the defence as the defendant is insolvent.

The general prosecution demanded the application of the law of punishments and crimes affiants the defendant and to apply the utmost punishment against him as what he committed affects the nature of the Yemeni-American relations and offends reputation of the country.


Representative of the prosecution accused the defendant of taking part with unidentified persons for attacking the American embassy in Sana'a and implementing their terrorist plot using a minibus after forcing its driver to stop in front of the embassy building in the night of 5 December the last. He prosecution representative said the defendant had surveyed and watched the site of the embassy and arranged a means for the attack with a Kalashnikov gun. He added the defendant shot the gate of the embassy and inflicted damages on it.

According to statements of gathering evidence the defendant admitted that the idea of attacking the embassy was in response to jihad call he heard it from many preaches and recordings. He said he bought the gun from Jahafa market to the south of the capital and decided to attack the embassy after midnight when the street will be empty.

The court decided to adjourn the trial to the end of this month so that to enable the defendant's lawyer to photocopy the case file.