Yemen hands over al-Qaida suspect to Sudan

SANAA, Yemen, Mar 12, 2005 (UPI) — Yemeni security sources report Yemen has handed over to Sudan an al-Qaida suspect in line with a security agreement between the two countries.

The Yemeni Rai News quoted an unidentified security source Saturday as saying the Sudanese suspect was arrested while trying to enter the country across an unspecified border.

He said that officials received a request from Khartoum to arrest the suspect if he was in Yemeni territory, adding the unidentified suspect was allegedly planning to carry out terrorist acts in Sudan against official and foreign interests.

Yemen said March 2 it arrested members of a terrorist cell affiliated with al-Qaida plotting to strike Western targets in the country. They were apprehended in Sanaa and the southern port city of Aden.