A Yemeni court in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Wednesday sentenced a US national to 10 years in prison for having links with Al Qaeda and killing a Yemeni security officer, a judicial source said.
“The security court sentenced US citizen
Sharif Mobley to 10 years in prison after he was convicted to have ink
links with Al Qaeda, and to pay blood money for killing a security
guard,” said the source.
The source said Mobley trial was held in high-level security measures, Xinhua reported.
In 2010, Mobley traveled along with his
wife and a baby daughter to Sanaa to study Arabic language, but later
was arrested by Yemeni security forces for alleged suspicion of having
links to Al Qaeda.
In May 2010, Mobley was brought from the
intelligence prison to a hospital for treatment, where he attempted to
escape by shooting his way out of the hospital, killing one guard.
Mobley was also charged with injuring
another guard when he snatched a weapon from one of the guards and
opened fire at them to flee.
Yemen, an impoverished Arab country, has
been gripped by one of the most active regional Al Qaeda insurgencies
in the Middle East and the affiliate of the Islamic State.
Source : IndianMediaBook - Current Affairs
