Saudi sentences to death Yemeni attacker on Spanish performers

Saudi sentences to death Yemeni attacker on Spanish performers
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Summary The court also sentenced an accomplice to 12 years and six months jail

RIYADH (AFP) - A Saudi criminal court sentenced a Yemeni man to death Sunday for a knife attack on a Spanish theatre group performing in Riyadh last month, Al-Ekhbariya state television said.

The court also sentenced an accomplice to 12 years and six months jail for the November 11 attack which Riyadh has linked to militant group al-Qaeda, and which Madrid said left four performers wounded.

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