Eight persons tried for kidnapping foreigners in Yemen

Yemeni sources said yesterday that eights persons are presented for trial for forming a group to kidnap foreigners in Yemen, asserting that the suspects forged official papers to get funds and that only five suspects attended the trial while the others will be tried in absentia. The sources also stated that this group is involved in planning to kidnap foreigners in Sa'dah' governorate and that its members were arrested before executing their plans.