almotamar.net - Appeals section at the Special Penal Court approved Tuesday condemnation of 12 persons accused of planning for attacking American targets and kidnapping American citizens in Yemen.

The appeals decided imprisonment of the accused for different periods ranging between 2 to 6 years and confirming the primary sentence and confiscating evidence found with them.

The court condemned the 12 defendants according to the charges against them. It decided imprisonment of the first defendant Ali Mohammed Sufyan al-Ammary for six years from the date of his capture, and Al-Zubair Andulrahmann al-Mikhlafi, Mohammed and Khalid Abdulaziz Qateeni, Hassan Ali al-Hadda and Jamal Abdeh Nasser al-Qumadi for 4 years each.

The court also endorsed the primary sentence of three years against each of Hamid Mohammed Radman al-Wisabi, Badr al-Husseini, Mohammed Ali Hayder, Ibrahim Mabkhut al-Wasabi, and Ammar Ahmed Saleh al-Muradi. It also endorsed the sentence of two years imprisonment against Adnan Abdulkarim Wajihuddin and Sami Mohammed Qaid al-Shuaibi.

The accused were arrested on the 9th of last May at Shumaila market in Sana'a and with them there were seized explosive belts, weapons, explosives and plans for carrying out many terrorist operations through attacking vital installations and facilities. The accused were about to implement a criminal plot aimed at foreign nationals and western interests among them American interests before security apparatus managed to arrest them