Executing 3 extremists in Yemen for kidnapping and killing the tourists

The Yemeni judiciary issued Wednesday an execution judgment on three members of extremist group that were convicted of kidnapping 16 foreign tourists in December 1998 and killing four of them.

Those sentenced to death included Zein El-Abdein, Abdullah El-Geneidi who are of Yemeni origin and Mohammed Saleh Abu Harida who carries Tunisian nationality.

The court sentenced in absentia on another Yemeni, Ahmed Atef, to 20 years imprisonment and found another ten suspects, who are all Yemeni citizens innocent. Eight of the ten were judged in absentia.