In the presence and supervision of the Chief Prosecutor of Appeals in Abyan Governorate, Judge Abu Bakr Ahmed Al-Shaqaa, the death sentence was executed this morning, Wednesday, May 8, 2024 AD, against the perpetrator, Omar Abdo Harhara, by firing squad to death for killing Mr. Hussein Qasim Saleh Al-Batati, a resident of the Wadi Hamuma region, on May 7, 2022 AD. .

Where the perpetrator, Omar Abdo Harhara, 30 years old, was arrested by the police of the Monitoring Directorate and charged with committing his crime that aroused public opinion. The case file was referred to the Court of First Instance. Monitoring resulted in his investigation of his confession of committing the crime. Given the heinousness and heinousness of the crime, the Monitoring Court issued a The first instance, in its public session on June 23, 2022, headed by Judge Saleh Rajeh, issued a ruling against him proving what was attributed to him and ruling that he be killed as retaliation and punishment. The ruling was approved by the Abyan Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

The death sentence was executed in the presence of Judge Fares Abdo Muhammad Saleh, President of the Rasd Court, members of the Rasd Prosecution, and directors of security and security belts in the three districts of Yafa’ Rasd, Sabah, and Sarar, and in the presence of the blood relatives of the victim, Al-Batati.

The implementation of the just retribution ruling has met with great satisfaction among citizens, and this suggests the return of the prestige of the judiciary and the implementation of deterrent sentences against murder crimes.

*From Commander Zaid Thabet