almotamar.net - The Specialised Penal Court in Yemen decided on Sunday 12-year imprisonment sentence against those accused of kidnapping four French tourists and their Yemeni translator at Asran crossroads in the governorate of Shabwa and holding them in a house of one of the two accused for half a month.

The verdict issued today stipulated the imprisonment for 12 years of Ahmed Haydara Salfouh and Rajih Mohammed Ahmed Hadi for committing the crimes of intercepting and kidnapping four French tourists and their Yemeni translator in the governorate of Shabwa and detaining them for half a month in the house of the second defendant.

The same court has also on Sunday issued it sentence of 3-year imprisonment against two persons Huzam al-Mas and Khalid al-Hulailah accused of attempted assassination against the former American ambassador to Yemen Edmond Hall the end of December 2004 while he was inside a business shop in Hada area, Sana'a.

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