Today, Monday, a court under the control of the Houthi militia in Sanaa executed four convicts for the murder of Abdullah Al-Aghbari, whose death in August last year under brutal torture led to the largest popular protest in the militias’ areas of northern Yemen.
Al-Aghbari’s lawyer, Wadah Qutaish, confirmed in a post on his Facebook account that the four convicts were executed amid strict security measures and in the presence of blood relatives. He pointed out that “some merchants, philanthropists and the parents of the convicts” made a last attempt to obtain a pardon, but “the guardians of blood chose to take refuge with fairness of justice,” as he put it.
The sentence was carried out in the fortified reformatory known as the “Central Prison” north of Sana’a, in the presence of the blood guardians’ representative, and amid strict security measures.
Eyewitnesses said that the security forces dispersed with live bullets a crowd of demonstrators who had gathered in the vicinity of the notorious detention center, seeking amnesty, and prevented cameras and recording machines.
Under the verdict, the four main convicts were executed in the horrific murder case, which was documented by a photographer in the Al-Sibai mobile phone shop in the Al-Qiyadah neighborhood in central Sana’a, about a week after Al-Aghbari joined him, according to the “Yemen Future” media platform.
The four convicts who were executed by firing squad are Abdullah al-Sibai, Walid al-Amri, Muhammad al-Hamidi and Dalil al-Jerba.
The four convicts wore blue prison clothes and live bullets were fired at them, in the second public execution by the Houthi group since mid-June, where three convicts were executed, including a man who killed his three daughters after putting them in a water tank, and two other men who raped and killed a child before disposing of his body. .
The appeal ruling in Al-Aghbari’s case had decided in December last year to amend the initial ruling to the death penalty against only four convicts instead of five, and to reduce the penalties for the fifth and sixth defendants, within judicial procedures that neglected the public right and kept the door open regarding the motives of the horrific incident.
Young Abdullah Al-Aghbari was killed on August 26 of last year by a “gang” of several people, during a 6-hour torture session, in a crime that was met with outrage after leaking videos and photos of this crime, which turned into a public opinion case.
The forensic doctor’s report listed a shocking number of signs of brutal torture to which Al-Aghbari was subjected, including 573 lashes with wires, 187 slaps, and 88 punches. It was also added in the prosecution’s indictment that the defendants attacked him with direct brutal means that were enough to take his life.
, Staff, September 6, 2021
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