One killer strangled in Yemen

Originally published September 11, 1998

The Yemeni news agency Sabaa has said that one Yemeni who was sentenced to death penalty was strangled in public in the city of Taaz, 270 KM to the South of Sanaa.

The agency added that Abdu Saced Aqlan killed Sultan Abdullah Saeed. The execution was carried out in the presence of his family. Yemeni death sentences penalty were also carried out last week against another three convicted persons.

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