21-06-2009 / Yemen
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Yemen- Yemeni who killed Jew gets death sentence
Abdul-Aziz al-Ab
An appeals court in Yemen sentenced to death on Sunday a man who
shot dead a Jewish compatriot
In March a court ruled the man, Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, was mentally unstable and sent him to a psychiatric institution, but the victim's father appealed the verdict.
Yehiya Yaish 0 Naharisaid his son Moshe was in the company of four Muslim men when he was shot in the town of Raida in December and had clearly been targeted.
Al-Abdi's lawyers said they would take the case to the Supreme Court, the country's highest judicial body.
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