Yemen Arrests Sami Dyan Trying to Flee Country
Yemen said on Thursday the police had arrested ten fugitives including seven Qaeda suspects. The arrested included the leader of Al-Qaeda in Abyan Sami Dayan who was held on the Yemeni-Saudi border while trying to leave Yemen.
They face charges over involvement in subversion, targeting the national unity and committing terrorist acts. The announcement came as a hunt for subversives and terrorist suspects was launched in the southern province of Abyan.
A wanted suspect has been killed in clashes with the police early Thursday in the district of Ja’ar.
There were no casualties among the police hunting a group accused of disorder and targeting the social security and stability in the province which has seen much violence this year.
The suspect killed was identified as Ahmed Abul Rahman, known as Abu Al-Betra’a, wanted in connection with sabotage acts in Ja’ar.
Early this year, a massive military campaign was launched for terrorist and subversive suspects in Abyan.
The city has seen much violence during the hunt and demonstrations staged by the anti-government southern movement which turned violent with the protesters clashing with the security forces and attacking the people’s properties.
Just the way the regime conflates the Houthis and al Qaeda, it does it also with the southerners. What follows is a mixed list that includes southern independence advocates.
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Almotamar.net – Security sources revealed the capture of 10 security-wanted elements for different security cases in Abyan province, among them 7 from al-Qaeda organisation in Yemen who are pro of Tareq al-Fadhli.
A security source has mentioned that security apparatuses have arrested the following elements: Ali Mohammed Abadi, Mukhtar Ali Talib, Omar Hassan Baoum, Fikri Hussein Amoura, Saeed Mohammed Mansour, Masud Saleh Jahirah, Mohammed al-Saed Saleh, Hadi Abdeh Saleh Awadh, Samih Ahmed Awadh al-Halbeh and Ahmed Saeed Saleh Bashadi.
The source also clarified that Abadi, Talib and Baoum are wanted by the security authorities over sabotage acts and different crimes , among them instigation for impinging upon the unity and the national constants while the rest of the arrested are members in terrorist cells and wanted by security apparatuses over a number of terrorist and sabotage acts.
The source said Samih Ahmed Awadh al-Halbeh is from the group of Sami Diyan, leader of al-Qaeda cell in Abyan and was caught at Hardh area while he was trying to escape outside the Yemeni territories. He was involved in the case of killing one of the soldiers accompanying the security director of Abyan province and the kidnapping of the assistant of Abyan governor Adel al-Sabri.
