Shiite rebels sentenced to death
Updated on 06 July 2009
A Yemeni court has convicted 14 Shiite rebels of plotting terrorist attacks and sentenced seven of them to death.
A court official said the defendants were followers of deceased Shiite cleric Hussein Badr Eddin al-Hawthi and formed a terror cell to attack government facilities, assassinate military leaders and poison water supplies feeding army camps.
Since 2004, Shiite tribes have waged a rebellion in northern Yemen, demanding better treatment.
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