March 3, 2009: a man convicted of killing ten people in a shooting rampage outside a mosque in north-western Yemen was executed in his home city, a security source said. A police firing squad shot dead Abdullah Saleh al-Kohali, 27, in the central prison of Amran.
He was executed after the verdict sentencing him to death was read out by a judge at the prison's courtyard. Officials said he shot worshippers with a machine gun as they were praying outside the mosque in the Bait al-Aqari village in Amran in May 2008.
Victims' relatives attended the execution, but photographers and cameramen were not allowed. Al-Kohali was sentenced to death by a court in Amran in June 2008 after he confessed to the crime. The ruling was confirmed by an appeal court.
Source: Monsters & Critics, 04/03/2009
He was executed after the verdict sentencing him to death was read out by a judge at the prison's courtyard. Officials said he shot worshippers with a machine gun as they were praying outside the mosque in the Bait al-Aqari village in Amran in May 2008.
Victims' relatives attended the execution, but photographers and cameramen were not allowed. Al-Kohali was sentenced to death by a court in Amran in June 2008 after he confessed to the crime. The ruling was confirmed by an appeal court.
Source: Monsters & Critics, 04/03/2009
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