Qatari foreign minister testifies in coup d'etat trial

The case of 120 suspects in the coup d'etat thwarted by the Qatari authorities in 1996 has been recently intensified, as the Higher Criminal Court examining the issue decided to summon the testimony of Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jabir al-Thani.

The general attorney called last week on the court to summon the foreign minister as a witness for the prosecution next Wednesday.

The court asked the Ministry of Defense to nominate two weapons and explosives experts to ask them about the weapons confiscated during the failed coup d'etat and to inform the court of their names on October 28.