Yahoo – AFP,
17 Jan 2015
Sanaa (AFP) - Yemen has detained two Frenchmen with suspected links to Al-Qaeda for questioning, a top security official said Saturday.
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| A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint in the capital Sanaa on May 12 , 2014. Authorities on January 17 detained two Frenchman accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais) |
Sanaa (AFP) - Yemen has detained two Frenchmen with suspected links to Al-Qaeda for questioning, a top security official said Saturday.
"During
the past two days, two French nationals accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda have
been arrested," said the chief of Yemen's national security service,
General Mohammed al-Ahmadi.
Al-Qaeda in
the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has claimed responsibility for a January 7 assault
on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo by two Frenchmen that left 12 people dead.

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