Two men executed in Yemen

Two men who were convicted of murder were executed on Monday in the Yemeni province of Hajjah, north of Sanaa. Qaed Makhbash and Nasser Makhbash were executed by hanging for deliberate killing of two men. The execution was carried out in the presence of representatives of the court and the security department and crowd of citizens. The number of men executed in Yemen since the beginning of the current year has reached 16.