A Yemen court has sentenced President Donald Trump of the United States to death after he was tried in absentia for war crimes.
Also sentenced are Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
Many people are, however, expressing puzzle at how the judgement would be carried out.
According to Yemen News Agency, the matter was heard and decided at Houthi-run Specialised Criminal Court in the Yemeni governorate of Saada, over the Saudi-led coalition’s attack on a bus full of young boys in Dahyan in the Majz district
The news agency indicated that the defendants are also required to pay a $10 billion fine to families of those killed in the 2019 airstrike.
The charges related to an airstrike which reportedly hit a school bus, killing 51 people including 40 children
Also sentenced to death are Commander of the Saudi Air Force, Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, Yemen’s Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh Al-Ahmar, Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher, Defence Minister Muhammad Al-Maqdishi, and former US Defence Secretary James Norman Mattis.
“The prosecution has registered its partial appeal to the fifth paragraph of the verdict, regarding the right of those included in the indictment. Thus, the court has not decided on it yet. Private prosecution attorney, Hamdan Shani, joined his appeal to the prosecution’s appeal, while the defence attorney, Abdel Wahab Al-Fadhli, reserved the right to appeal on behalf of the defendants,” the media outfit added.
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