Qaeda lashes 10 in Yemen for blasphemy, alcohol
Yemeni security guards outside a court hearing for suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Sanaa on January 13, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)/ Aden (AFP) - Al-Qaeda militants in southeastern Yemen have publicly flogged 10 men in a new sign of their growing control over the lawless region, witnesses and an official said Friday. The men were whipped in Al-Shihr, a coastal town in Hadramawt province, after being summarily convicted of insulting God and consuming alcohol and drugs, the official said. Dozens of people attended the flogging, which is ...
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