Yemeni-German teenager among 4 al-Qaida suspects accused of plotting attacks on tourists

Yemeni-German charged with plotting Yemen attacks

SAN’A, Yemen — Four al-Qaida suspects, including a Yemeni-German teenager, have been brought to trial in Yemen to face accusations they plotted attacks on tourists, international institutions and security forces.

A court official says the 16-year-old dual national, Rami Hans Harman, told the court Monday that authorities extracted a false confession from him while he was blindfolded and that he was denying the charges.

The four defendants also stand accused of setting up training camps and forming terrorist cells in Yemen’s southern Marib province.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the press.

Meanwhile, security forces attacked an al-Qaida hide-out in the south, killing three people.