Yemen carrying out new security plan in January

The Yemeni Minister of Interior Brigadier Hussein Mohamed Arab refuted what has been said by an organization calling itself the Yemeni Jihad Movement (Religious Struggle Movement), after the movement threatened to act violently if fundamentalists the Yemeni authorities arrested are not released.

The Interior Minister stated that the information disseminated by the movement is baseless and untrue. He added that some of those who had been arrested for vandalism proved to have contacts with the principal criminal (a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin) who was accused of masterminding recent explosions in Aden.

The Yemeni Minister said that all those who were arrested had been referred to the public prosecutor except for those involved in the case of the detonated car that exploded in Aden, as the security forces are still working on it.

The Yemeni Minister of Interior also stated that the Cabinet of Ministers had approved a security plan which will be carried out next January. He stated that this plan is based on criteria necessary for the stability and security of Yemen. He also specified that there will be 50 police officers for each police station in addition to an additional force in the police command of each province.