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Yemen-Executions
SAN`A, Yemen - Two Yemeni men convicted in separate murders have been
executed by firing squad, the prosecutor general's office said Monday. Ali
Saad Ahmed was executed Sunday in Dhamar province, 100 kilometers (60 miles)
south of the capital San`a, for the murder of a fellow Yemeni, Yahya
Mohammed Ali.
On
Saturday, a firing squad executed Mansour Saif al-Harsami in Ibb, located
190 kilometers (120 miles) south of San`a, for the murder of Mariam
Mohammed al-Baadani, also from Yemen. The prosecutor general's office
provided no further information on the crimes. Yemen imposes the death
penalty for rape and murder.
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