ADELAIDE NOW: AL-QAIDA militants in Yemen severed the hand of a 15-year-old after he stole electrical cables, witnesses said yesterday.
The militants cut off the boy's hand with a sword in front of dozens of residents of Jaar, in the troubled southern province of Abyan, on Saturday evening before taking the limb around town for all to see.
Four witnesses at the scene confirmed the incident took place. They all requested anonymity due to fears of reprisals from militants.
Yesterday, the militants severed the hand of a 26-year-old man whom they also accused of stealing electrical cables, witnesses said.
"They brought in the accused with a doctor who drugged him and cut off his right hand," one witness said.
The man was then taken to a private clinic while the militants roamed around the town with the cut-off hand, witnesses said. » | AFP | Monday, September 26, 2011
