British envoy attack suspects to be put on trial

SANA’A - Four Al Qaeda suspects, including a German and an Iraqi, will be put on trial over their alleged involvement in a failed suicide attack on the convoy of the British envoy to Yemen, the country’s defence ministry has said.

“A trial for the four Al Qaeda members will start next Monday by the Sanaa-based court specialised in terrorism cases,” Xinhua reported citing a ministry statement.

The statement said the state criminal prosecution has found evidences showing that the four accused were involved in planning terrorist attacks in the country.

A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt threw himself at the convoy of British ambassador Tim Torlot April 26. The attack left the bomber dead and three passers-by injured while the diplomat and his escort survived.

Yemen’s security service identified the bomber as 22-year-old Osman Ali Noman Asaloi from the southern province of Taiz.

One of the four suspects involved in the attack is the son of a German businessman while another is an Iraqi, according to the ministry.