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15 Yemenis convicted of Limburg bombing

Yemen - Court sentences Linburg bombers
Yemen - Court sentences Linburg bombers

A court in Yemen has convicted 15 Yemeni militants on terrorism charges, including the bombing of a French oil tanker, the Limburg, off the coast of Yemen in 2002.

One man has been sentenced to death for killing a Yemeni policeman.

The other 14 received jail terms of up to 14 years each.

The men were said to have al-Qaeda links.